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State:	North Carolina
Abbreviation:	NC
Capital:	Raleigh
Largest City:	Charlotte
Population:	8049313
Land-Square Miles:	48,718
Land-Square Miles Rank:	29
Highest Point:	Mount Mitchell, 6,684 ft.
Governor of North Carolina:	Michael F. Easley
Political Party:	Democrat
Seat Up:	2008
Entered Union:	November 21, 1789
State Number:	12th
State Motto:	To be rather than to seem (Esse quam videri)
State Nickname:	Old North State, Tar Heel State
State Flower:	American Dogwood
StateFlower2:	Cornus florida
State Bird:	Cardinal
State Song:	The Old North State
Sports Team:	Charlotte Hornets (Basketball) and Carolina Panthers (Football)
Origin Of The State Name:	In honor of Charles I of England
Major Industries:	Furniture, Tobacco, Brick, Textile Products, Metalworking, Chemicals, Paper, Tobacco, Corn, Cotton, Hay, Peanuts, Vegetable Crops, Mica and Lithium
Historical Sites:	The Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kitty Hawk, Guilford Courthouse and Moores Creek National Military Parks, Carl Sandburg's home near Hendersonville, and the Old Salem Restoration in Winston-Salem
Points Of Interest:	The Great Smoky Mountains, the Blue Ridge National Parkway, and the Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores.
Bordering States:	Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia