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@SLIDE TITLE =                              West Virginia                         |STATES.SLD
                                                                   
     
     
      
 
                             
         
         State Capital: Charleston          State Abbreviation :    WV    
                
         Population (1991): 1,793,000       Size (square miles): 24,230 
         Population Rank:   34              Size Rank:           41     

                             
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         Motto: "Montani Semper Liberi" , Mountaineers Are Always Free 

         Nickname: Mountain State

         Name Origin: Entity formed when western counties of Virginia 
         refused to secede from the Union in 1863. 

         State Bird:   Cardinal
               Flower: Big Rhododendron
               Tree:   Sugar Maple
               Song:   The West Virginia Hills

         Climate: Continental, humid summers 

         Industries: Manufacturing, mining, services, tourism 
 
 
 
 
