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Illinois,
General Information
Nickname: Land of Lincoln
State bird: Springfield Cardinal
State flower: Native Violet
Capital: Springfield
Date of admission to the Union: December 3 1818
Population: 12,713,634 (official estimate 2004)
Population density: 84.8 per sq km
2003 total overseas arrivals/US ranking: 829,000/7
Time: Central (GMT - 6). Daylight Saving Time is observed.
The State: Illinois, stretching from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River, embraces vast, rich farmlands, the giant city of Chicago, rolling glacial plains and, to the south, the hills and valleys of the Illinois Ozarks. Illinois boasts 6900km (4300 miles) of scenic shoreline, 1100 historic sites and half a million acres of state parks. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th US President, spent most of his professional (he was a lawyer) and political life here.
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