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Capital City: Annapolis
Location: 38.971N, 076.503W
Admission to Statehood: April 28, 1788
Area: 12407 sq.mi, 42nd Land 9775 sq. mi., 42nd Water 2633 sq.mi., 18th Coastline 31 mi., 20th Shoreline 3,190 mi., 9th
Bird: Baltimore Oriole 50states List
Border States: Regional List Delaware Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia
Constitution: 7th State
County Profile: Text List 23 Counties
Courts: Judicial System

Flag: The Maryland flag contains the family crest of the Calvert and Crossland families. Maryland was founded as an English colony in 1634 by Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore. The black and Gold designs belong to the Calvert family. The red and white design belongs to the Crossland family. Flag adopted 1904.
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Flower: Black-eyed susan Rudbeckia hirta
Geographic Center: Prince Georges, 4.5 miles northwest of Davidsonville
Governor: Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. (R)
Highest Point: Backbone Mtn.; 3360 feet, 32nd
Largest Cities: Baltimore Frederick Gaithersburg Bowie Rockville Hagerstown Annapolis College Park Salisbury Cumberland
Lowest Point: Bloody Point Hole, 3rd; 174 feet below sea level
State Motto: "Fatti maschii parole femine," loosely translated "manly deeds, womanly words," but more accurately translated as "strong deeds, gentle words."
Nickname: Old Line State
Origin of state's name: Named to honor Henrietta Maria, wife of England's King Charles I
Population: 5,296,486; 19th, 12/00
Song: Maryland, My Maryland 50states List Sheet Music words by: James R. Randall
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