Kentucky | |
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Kintra | Unitit States |
Afore stateheid | pairt o Virginie |
Admittit tae the Union | June 1, 1792 (15th) |
Lairgest ceety | Louisville |
Lairgest metro | Louisville metropolitan aurie |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Matt Bevin (R) |
• Lieutenant Governor | Jenean Hampton (R) |
Legislatur | Kentucky General Assembly |
• Upper hoose | Senate |
• Lawer hoose | Hoose o Representatives |
U.S. senators | Mitch McConnell (R) Rand Paul (R) |
U.S. Hoose delegation | 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat (leet) |
Population | |
• Total | 4,436,974 (2,016 est)[1] |
• Density | 42.5/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Leid | |
• Offeecial leid | Inglis[2] |
Trad. abbreviation | Ky. |
Latitude | 36° 30′ N tae 39° 09′ N |
Longitude | 81° 58′ W tae 89° 34′ W |
Kentucky is a state locatit in the east sooth-central region o the Unitit States. Awtho styled as the "State o Kentucky" in the law creautin it,[3] Kentucky is ane o fowr U.S. states constitutit as a commonweel (the ithers bein Virginie, Pennsylvanie, an Massachusetts). Oeeginally a pairt o Virginie, in 1792 Kentucky becam the 15t state tae jyne the Union. Kentucky is the 37t maist extensive an the 26t maist populous o the 50 Unitit States.
Kentucky is kent as the "Bluegrass State," a nickname based on the bluegrass foond in mony o its pasturs due tae the fertile sile. Ane o the major regions in Kentucky is the Bluegrass Region in central Kentucky, that hooses twa o its major ceeties, Louisville an Lexington. It is a laund wi diverse environments an abundant resoorces, includin the warld's langest cave seestem, Mammoth Cave Naitional Pairk, the greatest lenth o navigable watterweys an streams in the contiguous Unitit States, an the twa lairgest man-made lochs east o the Mississippi River.
Kentucky is an aw kent for horse racin, bourbon distilleries, moonshine, coal, the "My Old Kentucky Home" historic naitional pairk, automobile manufacturin, tabaccae, bluegrass muisic, college basketbaw, an Kentucky Fried Chicken.
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