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Louisiana (French: Louisiane [lwizjan] ^ⓘ; Spanish: Luisiana [lwiˈsjana]; Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25th in population, with roughly 4.6 million residents. Reflecting its French heritage, Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties, making it one of only two U.S. states not subdivided into counties (the other being Alaska and its boroughs). Baton Rouge is the state's capital, and New Orleans, a French Louisiana region, is its largest city with a population of about 383,000 people. Louisiana has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the south; a large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River.

Much of Louisiana's lands were formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh and swamp. These contain a rich southern biota, including birds such as ibises and egrets, many species of tree frogs—such as the state-recognized American green tree frog—and fish such as sturgeon and paddlefish. More elevated areas, particularly in the north, contain a wide variety of ecosystems such as tallgrass prairie, longleaf pine forest and wet savannas; these support an exceptionally large number of plant species, including many species of terrestrial orchids and carnivorous plants. Over half the state is forested.

Louisiana is situated at the confluence of the Mississippi river system and the Gulf of Mexico. Its location and biodiversity attracted various indigenous groups thousands of years before Europeans arrived in the 17th century. Louisiana has eighteen Native American tribes—the most of any southern state—of which four are federally recognized and ten are state-recognized. The French claimed the territory in 1682, and it became the political, commercial, and population center of the larger colony of New France. From 1762 to 1801 Louisiana was under Spanish rule, briefly returning to French rule before being sold by Napoleon to the U.S. in 1803. It was admitted to the Union in 1812 as the 18th state. Following statehood, Louisiana saw an influx of settlers from the eastern U.S. as well as immigrants from the West Indies, Germany, and Ireland. It experienced an agricultural boom, particularly in cotton and sugarcane, which were cultivated primarily by slaves from Africa. As a slave state, Louisiana was one of the original seven members of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. (Full article...)

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Florence near peak intensity in the Gulf of Mexico on September 9

Hurricane Florence was the third of four named tropical cyclones to make landfall on the United States during the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season. The seventh tropical storm and second hurricane of the season, Florence developed on September 7 from an area of convection associated with a dissipating frontal trough in the southern Gulf of Mexico. After initially moving eastward, the storm turned northward and strengthened. Florence reached hurricane status and later peak winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) on September 9 shortly before striking southeastern Louisiana. The storm rapidly weakened over land and dissipated on September 11 over northeastern Texas.

Early in its duration, the storm dropped rainfall across the Yucatán Peninsula. Upon striking Louisiana, Florence produced a moderate storm surge, causing severe beach erosion in some locations. Gusty winds were also reported, causing power outages to over 100,000 people. In Alabama, one man died while trying to secure his boat. Rainfall from the hurricane caused severe river flooding in portions of the Florida Panhandle in an area already severely affected by heavy rainfall; the flooding damaged or destroyed dozens of houses in Santa Rosa County. Throughout its path, damage totaled about $2.9 million (1988 USD, $5.3 million 2008 USD). (Full article...)

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The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represents Louisiana Tech University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. After 12 seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, Louisiana Tech began competing as a member of Conference USA in 2013.

Since its first season in 1901, Louisiana Tech has compiled an all-time record of 645 wins, 504 losses, and 37 ties. In 121 football seasons, the Bulldogs have won 3 Division II national championships, won 25 conference championships, and played in 28 postseason games, including 13 major college bowl games. (Full article...)

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Image 1Saint-Domingue Creoles (from Louisiana)
Image 2Honey Island Swamp (from Louisiana)
Image 3Louisiana Alligator (from Culture of Louisiana)
Image 4Louisiana's flag during the American Civil War, in 1861 (from History of Louisiana)
Image 5Aerial view of Louisiana State University's flagship campus (from Louisiana)
Image 6Free woman of color with mixed-race daughter; late 18th-century collage painting, New Orleans (from Louisiana)
Image 7French pirate Jean Lafitte, who operated in New Orleans, was born in Port-au-Prince around 1782. (from Louisiana)
Image 8A young African American man in Morganza, 1938 (from Louisiana)
Image 9Watson Brake, the oldest mound complex in North America (from Louisiana)
Image 10The Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, the tallest state capitol building in the United States (from Louisiana)
Image 11Treemap of the popular vote by parish, 2016 presidential election (from Louisiana)
Image 12Tabasco varieties produced in Louisiana (from Louisiana)
Image 13Poverty Point UNESCO site (from Louisiana)
Image 14Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, founder of the colony of Louisiana in New France. (from History of Louisiana)
Image 15Louisiana's population density (from Louisiana)
Image 16A streetcar on the St. Charles Avenue Line in New Orleans (from Louisiana)
Image 17French Acadians, who came to be known as Cajuns, settled in southern Louisiana, especially along the banks of its major bayous. (from Louisiana)

Map of parishes in Louisiana by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Image 19Bogue Chitto State Park (from Louisiana)
Image 20Watson Brake, the oldest mound complex in North America (from History of Louisiana)
Image 21Mardi Gras celebrations in the Spanish Town section of Baton Rouge (from Louisiana)
Image 22Map of the Caddoan Mississippian culture and some important sites (from History of Louisiana)
Image 23Map of Louisiana in 1800 (from Louisiana)
Image 24Louisiana Purchase, 1803 (from Louisiana)
Image 25A field of yellow wildflowers in St. Bernard Parish (from Louisiana)
Image 26Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis in New Orleans (from Louisiana)
Image 27Map of New France (blue color) in 1750, before the French and Indian War (from History of Louisiana)
Image 28Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near New Orleans (from Louisiana)
Image 29Population density and low elevation coastal zones in the Mississippi River Delta. The Mississippi River Delta is especially vulnerable to sea level rise. (from Louisiana)
Image 30National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana, 1938 (from Louisiana)
Image 31Caesars Superdome and Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. (from Louisiana)
Image 32Consolidated Bond of the State of Louisiana, issued 6. July 1892 (from Louisiana)
Image 33Troyville Earthworks, once the second tallest earthworks in North America (from Louisiana)
Image 34The Louisiana Governor's Mansion (from Louisiana)
Image 35Louisiana entrance sign off Interstate 20 in Madison Parish east of Tallulah (from Louisiana)
Image 36Cargo ship at the Port of New Orleans (from Louisiana)
Image 37Entrance to the Bald Eagle Nest Trail at South Toledo Bend State Park (from Louisiana)
Image 38'Signing the Ordinance of Secession of Louisiana, January 26, 1861', oil on canvas painting, 1861 (from Louisiana)
Image 39Map of New France (blue color) in 1750, before the French and Indian War (from Louisiana)
Image 40View of flooded New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (from Louisiana)
Image 41A map showing the geographical extent of the Plaquemine cultural period and some of its major sites. (from History of Louisiana)
Image 42El Museo de los Isleños (Isleño Museum) in Saint Bernard (from Louisiana)
Image 43Antioch Baptist Church in Shreveport (from Louisiana)
Image 44A map showing the extent of the Coles Creek cultural period and some important sites (from History of Louisiana)
Image 45Typical dishes of Louisiana Creole cuisine (from Louisiana)
Image 46Aerial view of Louisiana's wetland habitats (from Louisiana)
Image 47Map showing the geographic extent of the Baytown, Coastal Troyville and Troyville cultures (from History of Louisiana)
Image 48Modern map of the United States overlapped with territory bought in the Louisiana Purchase (in white) (from History of Louisiana)
Image 49Louisiana pinesnake (from Louisiana)
Image 50Capture of New Orleans, April 1862, colored lithograph of engraving (from Louisiana)
Image 51Geographic map of Louisiana (from Louisiana)
Image 52Map of the Fourche Maline and Marksville cultures (from History of Louisiana)

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... that when students spoke Vietnamese in a graduation speech in Louisiana, the school district proposed banning all non-English languages?
... that Robin Roberts, later of ESPN and Good Morning America, worked as a reporter for the radio station at Southeastern Louisiana University while a student there?
... that the University of Southwestern Louisiana basketball scandal resulted in one of only five times that the NCAA has applied the "death penalty" against a member institution?
... that the 2023 election for sheriff in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, was rerun after an initial margin of one vote?
... that slave trader Jourdan Saunders greatly profited from a Louisiana law banning slave trading?
... that officials said this year's Louisiana wildfire season includes the largest wildfire in the state's history?

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