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Tell us about your state/province etc.
« on: Feb 7^th, 2005, 10:12am »

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Tell us facts about where youlive.

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« Reply #1 on: Feb 7^th, 2005, 10:12am »

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Capital: Phoenix

State Abbreviation/Postal Code: Ariz./AZ

Governor: Janet Napolitano, D (to Jan. 2007)

Senators: Jon Kyl, R (to Jan. 2007); John McCain, R(to Jan. 2011)

U.S. Representatives: 8

Secy. of State: Jan Brewer, R (to Jan. 2007)

Atty. General: Terry Goddard, D (to Jan. 2007)

Treasurer: David Petersen, R (to Jan. 2007)

Organized as territory: Feb. 24, 1863

Entered Union (rank): Feb. 14, 1912 (48th)

Present constitution adopted: 1911

Motto: Ditat Deus (God enriches)

State Symbols: flower flower of saguaro cactus (1931)
bird cactus wren (1931)
colors blue and old gold (1915)
song Arizona (1919)
tree palo verde (1954)
neckwear bola tie (1971)
fossil petrified wood (1988 )
gemstone turquoise (1974)
mammal ringtail (1986)
reptile Arizona ridgenose rattlesnake (1986)
fish Arizona trout (1986)
amphibian Arizona tree frog (1986)
butterfly two-tailed swallowtail (2001)

Nickname: Grand Canyon State

Origin of name: From the Indian Arizonac, meaning little spring or young spring

10 largest cities (2003 est.): Phoenix, 1,388,416; Tucson, 507,658; Mesa, 432,376; Glendale, 232,838; Scottsdale, 217,989; Chandler, 211,299; Tempe, 158,880; Gilbert, 145,250; Peoria, 127,580; Yuma, 81,605

Land area: 113,635 sq mi. (294,315 sq km)

Geographic center: In Yavapai Co., 55 mi. ESE of Prescott

Number of counties: 15

Largest county by population and area: Maricopa, 3,194,798 (2001); Coconino, 18,562 sq mi.

State parks: 28

Residents: Arizonan, Arizonian

2003 resident population est.: 5,580,811

2000 resident census population (rank): 5,130,632 (20). Male: 2,561,057 (49.9%); Female: 2,569,575 (50.1%). White: 3,873,611 (75.5%); Black: 158,873 (3.1%); American Indian: 255,879 (5.0%); Asian: 92,236 (1.8%); Other race: 596,774 (11.6%); Two or more races: 146,526 (2.9%); Hispanic/Latino: 1,295,617 (25.3%). 2000 percent population 18 and over: 73.4; 65 and over: 13.0; median age: 34.2.

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Re: Tell us about your state/province etc.
« Reply #2 on: Feb 7^th, 2005, 10:27am »

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Thanks, I4S, tell us about you. What is your ancestry? Heritage?

I'm not going to bore anyone about Texas, for I've done enough of that in the past.
Check the pages way back Roll Eyes

for TEXAS

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Re: Tell us about your state/province etc.
« Reply #3 on: Feb 7^th, 2005, 10:39am »

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lol.....and here I was expecting a long post from luci.....she is so proud of being from Texas!

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Re: Tell us about your state/province etc.
« Reply #4 on: Feb 7^th, 2005, 10:41am »

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we live in the state of New South Wales. Our capital city is Sydney We are on the east coast of Australia.

We live in a suburb called Cronulla....it is a beachside suburb and has the best beaches in all of Australia...( of course) Cronulla is home to one of the best football teams in Australia....The Sharks.....and it is also home to many of our countrys sporting heroes and actors. Ian Thorpe the olympic swimmer lives just a few doors down from us!

We are about a 25 minute drive from the city of sydney.....sydney of course is the home of the Opera House, The Harbour Bridge and the most beautiful harbour in the world!!!

Our State premier is Bob Carr.....the longest running premier in NSW history...( i voted for him)

Ilove Sydney and all it has to offer....great beaches, restaurants, shopping, live theatre and some fabulous historical places like "the Rocks".

My heritage is Irish and Scottish....mums side is from County Armagh in northen Ireland and dads side is from Glasgow scotland. I have many many distant cousins in the USA from my dads side of the family and in fact I am related to two hollywood ledgends.......Ginger Rogers and Rita Hayworth.

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Re: Tell us about your state/province etc.
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Pennslvania:
Capitol: Philadelphia

Abbrev.: PA

Pro Football Teams: Pittsburg Steelerss, and Philadelphia Eagles

Electorial Votes: 21 ( I think)

We were the second state to enter the union

I live in Berks County which is one of the biggest counties in the state, and live in Reading (prononced Red-ing) which was once very famous for our outlet malls, and railroad, which is featured on the Monopoly game board. Reading is now gone downhill. The high school where I teach is over crowded, and we were the 25th most dangerous city in the United States in 2000-2002. We are starting to bounce back though Cheesy

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« Reply #6 on: Feb 7^th, 2005, 5:46pm »

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Oh... I live close to Dayton Ohio. Not actually in Dayton, but close enough. Wink

My mom is from Dayton though... I actually live in Darke County... it's basically a farming community. Cornfields are all you see. lol Our town has about 15000 people though.

The only thing our town is famous for is one thing..... that one of the players on the NE Patriots is from here! My High school has his old team jersey up on the wall..... lol.

As for me, both sides of my family are mostly German... And a little bit of Irish.

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« Reply #7 on: Feb 7^th, 2005, 7:04pm »

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Oh Yes Pocket, I'm Proud to BE A NATIVE TEXAN Cool

I've posted quite a bit about Texas, but thought I would give ya'll a rest.

If you see a lady with earrings on the shape of TEXAS, one does know they are TEXAS Cool

Would you know what state it is if you saw a lady with New Jersey on her ears Huh

I rest my point Grin

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Re: Tell us about your state/province etc.
« Reply #8 on: Feb 7^th, 2005, 7:15pm »

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Jenna,

I live in Berks county too!!! How weird is that?

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That's really freaky....what city?

And my family is Russian, Czech, German, and a little bit aborigion

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Re: Tell us about your state/province etc.
« Reply #10 on: Feb 7^th, 2005, 10:38pm »

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This is confusing. Huh

Singapore

Pop: 4,000,000 +

Area: 682 km^2

Suburb I'm living: Chai Chee, next to a bigger suburb called Bedok.

My ancestory: My maternal grandma was from Xiamen, China. She came to Singapore in her 20s. She's now 74. I belong to the Hokkien dialect, but my Putonghua is way better.

High School: Dunman High School, 5th best high school in Singapore.

Universities in this city: 3

Famous for: premier Night Safari, Fountain of Wealth, 10th pit stop in TAR3, minister mentor Lee Kwan Yew.

Hey I4S, Jon (with Kris) is from Scottsdale. Grin

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« Reply #11 on: Feb 7^th, 2005, 11:22pm »

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Uhmm.. I live and grew in Caloocan City, a northern component city of Metropolitan Manila. Metro Manila is the National Capital Region of the Republic of the Philippines with the city of Manila as the capital. So basically I'm from Manila.

Manila is situated on the shores of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon. Manila was born out of the Pasig River dating back the 14th Century. On 1521, the Philippines was discovered by Spain under the leadership of Ferdinand Magellan on their search for spices on the east. On the second return of Spaniards, they came to name the Philippines in respect to King Philip of Spain. Manila became the center of government. They built the walled fortress of Intramuros ("Walled City"). Spain ruled the country for 333 years until the Americans came to "help" liberate the country after the Mock Battle of Manila Bay, where the US bought the Philippines from Spain. The US setup a Commonwealth Government for 40yrs until WWII when Japan conquered Manila. Manila was the 2nd most destructed city after Warsaw during WWII. Now after the war, Manila is a congested metropolis of 15 Million people.

We have tropical weather. With two seasons, wet and dry. June to November is the monsoon (wet) season. The rest of the year is dry.

I work in Makati City, another component city of Metro Manila and is the Financial center of the country with tall scrapers.

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Pau I just learned so much that I never knew about Manila and the Phillipines. Thank you for all of that interesting post.

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« Reply #13 on: Feb 8^th, 2005, 12:04am »

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your welcome... Cheesy

the Philippines has a long dark history of colonization from the abusive claws of the Castillian friars, the rape of Manila by the Japanese, and the control of the US.... well at least the US took care of us more than our other colonizers... plus the US has given us democracy and our constitution... Cheesy

anyways.. Manila still has the remnants of the Spanish architecture though many was destroyed by WWII... I'm lucky I wasn't born on that era...

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sorry for loading many pix... just promoting my country.. Grin

for more info of Manila and the rest of the country, you can click on this official tourism site.. Grin

http://www.tourism.gov.ph

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« Reply #14 on: Feb 8^th, 2005, 8:03am »

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Jenna-I live in Exeter township, east of Reading. Where are you?

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