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ID: 7007256
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Record Type: administrative |
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Louisiana (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 092 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -92.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Occupied by 14,000 BC; Chitimacha, Biloxi, Atakapa and others lived here when Spanish and French settled in 16th-17th cen.; French brought in many slaves; was in Louisiana Purchase; was split between Union & Confederate forces early in Civil War. |
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| Louisiana (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named by La Salle in 1682, for King Louis XIV of France |
| LA (C,V,USPS)
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| state (preferred, B) |
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since April 30, 1812 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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