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Indiana
Indiana,
meaning the "Land of the Indians", is a state of the United
States with its capital Indianapolis.
The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is IN. A resident of Indiana
is called a Hoosier.
USS Indiana was
named in honor of this state.
Most of Indiana
has exempted itself from the observation of daylight saving time (DST).
The area that is within the Eastern time zone is legally exempt from
daylight saving time; some counties within this area, particularly Floyd,
Clark, and Harrison counties near Louisville,
Kentucky, and Ohio and Dearborn counties near Cincinnati,
Ohio, observe daylight saving time unofficially and illegally by
local custom. Several counties in the northwestern corner of Indiana,
near Chicago, Illinois,
and several counties in the southwestern corner of Indiana
are in the Central time zone and remain subject to daylight saving time.
The history of this
unique arrangement is fairly convoluted. When DST was formally adopted,
Indiana was in the Central
time zone. However, many parts of the state stayed on Central DST the
entire year. Eventually, a long-fought battle in the Indiana state legislature
led to the current compromise. In the past several years, there have
been attempts to place the entirety of Indiana
in the Eastern time zone, with Eastern DST, but these have proved impossible
to implement. More recently, support has begun to grow for returning
Indiana to the Central time
zone with Central time zone DST, but this has not been popular enough
to implement.
There are 23 Indiana
state parks, nine man-made reservoirs and hundreds of lakes in the state.
| State
nicknames |
The
Hoosier State |
| Capital |
Indianapolis |
| Largest
City |
Indianapolis |
| Governor
(2004) |
Joseph Kernan |
Area
- Total
- Land
- Water
- % water |
Ranked
38th
94,321 km˛
92,897 km˛
1,424 km˛
1.5 % |
Population
- Total (2000)
- Density |
Ranked
14th
6,080,485
Ranked 16th 65.46 /km˛ |
Admittance
into Union
- Order
- Date |
19st
December 11, 1816 |
| Time
zone |
Eastern:
UTC-5 5 Counties do unofficially observe Daylight Saving Time Central:
UTC-6/-5 (extreme northwest and southwest) |
Latitude
Longitude |
84°49'W
to 88°4'W
37°47'N to 41°46'N |
Width
Length
Elevation
- Highest
- Mean
- Lowest |
225
km
435 km
383 meters
210 meters
98 meters |
| ISO
3166-2 |
US-IN |
| State
Poem |
Indiana
by Arthur Franklin Mapes |
| State
Bird |
Cardinal |
| State
River |
Wabash |
| State
Flower |
Peony |
| State
Stone |
Limestone |
| State
Song |
On
the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away by Paul Dresser |
| State
Tree |
Tulip
tree |
| State
Motto |
"The
Crossroads of America" |
History
Indiana
joined the Union in 1816 as the 19th state.
Government
The current Governor
of Indiana is Joe Kernan
(Democrat), the former lieutenant governor for Frank O'Bannon, who died
of a stroke on September 13, 2003. The U.S. senators are Evan Bayh (Democrat)
and Richard G. Lugar (Republican).
Geography
Indiana
is bounded on the north by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan,
on the east by Ohio, on
the south by Kentucky with
which it shares the Ohio River as a border, and on the west by Illinois.
Economy
The total gross
state product in 1999 was $182 billion placing Indiana
15th in the nation. Indiana's Per Capita Income is $27,011. The state's
agricultural outputs are corn, soybeans, hogs, cattle, dairy products
and eggs. Its industrial outputs are steel, electrical equipment, transportation
equipment, chemical products, petroleum and coal products and machinery.
In addition, Indiana has
the international headquarters of the Eli Lilly and the US headquarters
of the Roche pharmaceutical companies.
Demographics
The 2000 population
was 6,080,485. Indiana is
a state of mostly small towns and midsize cities. Its largest city and
capital is Indianapolis,
where the nation's most famous auto race, the Indianapolis 500, is held
each year.
Important Cities and Towns
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Population
> 1,000,000
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Other
Cities Population >10,000
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Population
> 100,000
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Colleges and Universities
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State-Supported
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Private
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- Ball State
University
- Indiana
State University
- Indiana
University System
- Indiana
University at Bloomington
- Indiana
University East
- Indiana
University at Kokomo
- Indiana
University Northwest
- Indiana
University at South Bend
- Indiana
University Southeast
- Indiana
University Purdue University at Columbus
- Indiana
University Purdue University at Fort
Wayne
- Indiana
University Purdue University at Indianapolis
- Purdue
University System
- Purdue
University
- Purdue
University Calumet
- Purdue
University North Central
- Indiana
University Purdue University at Columbus
- Indiana
University Purdue University at Fort
Wayne
- Indiana
University Purdue University at Indianapolis
- Purdue
University School of Technology
- University
of Southern Indiana
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- Anderson
University
- Bethel
College
- Butler
University
- Calumet
College of St. Joseph
- Christian
Theological Seminary
- Concordia
Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
- DePauw
University
- Earlham
College
- Franklin
College
- Goshen
College
- Grace College
- Hanover
College
- Holy Cross
College
- Huntington
College
- Indiana
Institute of Technology
- Indiana
Wesleyan University
- Manchester
College
- Marian
College
- Martin
University
- Oakland
City University
- Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology
- Saint Joseph's
College
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
College
- Saint Mary's
College
- Taylor
University
- Tri-State
University
- University
of Evansville
- University
of Indianapolis
- University
of Notre Dame
- University
of Saint Francis
- Valparaiso
University
- Wabash
College
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Professional Sports Teams
- Indianapolis
Colts, National Football League
- Indiana Pacers,
National Basketball Association
- Indiana Fever,
Women's National Basketball Association
- Indianapolis
Ice, Central Hockey League
Minor League baseball
teams
- Indianapolis
Indians
- South Bend Silver
Hawks
- Fort Wayne Wizards
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