About Mississippi...
Mississippi State is located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along the western boundary, and takes its name from the Ojibwa word misi-ziibi ( "Great River"). The State is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area. His catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States. State symbol is the magnolia tree.
Mississippi is bordered on the north, Tennessee, east of Alabama, in southern Louisiana and a narrow coast on the Gulf of Mexico, and in the west, across the Mississippi River, by Louisiana and Arkansas. Major rivers in Mississippi, in addition to its namesake include the Big Black River, pearl river, Yazoo, the Pascagoula, and Tombigbee. Major lakes include Ross Barnett reservoir, Arkabutla Lake, Sardis Lake and Grenada Lake.
Mississippi State entirely composed of lowlands, the highest point is Woodall Mountain, in the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains, only 806 feet above sea level. The lowest point is sea level in the bay coast. Average elevation in the state is 300 feet above sea level.
Most of Mississippi is part of the East Gulf Coastal Plain. Coastal Plain is generally composed of low hills, such as the Pine Hills in the south and the north Central Hills. The Pontotoc Ridge and the Fall Line Hills in the northeast have somewhat higher elevations. Yellow-brown loess soil is in the western parts of the country. On the northeast is the area of fertile black earth that extends to the Alabama black belt.
Mississippi Facts
Capital : Jackson > Find Lodging
Population : 2,921,088
Nick Name : Magnolia State
Motto : Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Official Website : http://www.visitmississippi.org/
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Popular Attractions
Rubinesque- Inc - Diamondhead, MS
Delta State University - Archives Museum - Cleveland, MS
Rodgers Jimmie Museum - Meridian, MS
Jackson City - Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center- Human and Cultur - Jackson, MS
Fire Department-Jackson - Fire Museum - Jackson, MS
Amory City - Museum - Amory, MS
Scott Aquarium - Biloxi, MS
Beauvoir-Jefferson Davis Shrine - Biloxi, MS
Seafood Industry Museum - Biloxi, MS
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Reed House - Biloxi, MS
Alice Moseley Folk Art and Antique Museum - Bay Saint Louis, MS
Mississippi Sound Historical Museum - Gulfport, MS
Walter Anderson Museum of Art - Ocean Springs, MS
Doll House - Ocean Springs, MS
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center - Gulfport, MS
National Parks
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Tupelo National Battlefield
Vicksburg National Cemetery
Vicksburg National Military Park
Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
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