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@SLIDE TITLE =                                Delaware                            |STATES.SLD
                                                                   
     
     
      
 
                             

         State Capital: Dover               State Abbreviation :    DE    
                  
         Population (1991): 666,000         Size (square miles): 2,045 
         Population Rank:   46              Size Rank:           49    

                             
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         Motto: Liberty and Independence 

         Nickname: First State, Diamond State

         Name Origin: Named after early Virginia governor "Lord De La Warr" 

         State Bird:   Blue Hen Chicken
               Flower: Peach Blossom
               Tree:   American Holly
               Song:   Our Delaware

         Climate: Moderate, coastal 

         Industries: Chemicals, agriculture, finance, poultry, shellfish, 
         tourism, automobile 
 
 
 
 
