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Louisiana (French: Louisiane [lwizjan] ^ⓘ; Spanish: Luisiana [lwiˈsjana]; Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 20th in land area and the 25th in population, with roughly 4.6 million residents. Reflecting its French heritage, Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties, making it one of only two U.S. states not subdivided into counties (the other being Alaska and its boroughs). Baton Rouge is the state's capital, and New Orleans, a French Louisiana region, is its largest city with a population of about 383,000 people. Louisiana has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the south; a large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River.

Much of Louisiana's lands were formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh and swamp. These contain a rich southern biota, including birds such as ibises and egrets, many species of tree frogs—such as the state recognized American green tree frog—and fish such as sturgeon and paddlefish. More elevated areas, particularly in the north, contain a wide variety of ecosystems such as tallgrass prairie, longleaf pine forest and wet savannas; these support an exceptionally large number of plant species, including many species of terrestrial orchids and carnivorous plants. Over half the state is forested.

Louisiana is situated at the confluence of the Mississippi river system and the Gulf of Mexico. Its location and biodiversity attracted various indigenous groups thousands of years before Europeans arrived in the 17th century. Louisiana has eighteen Native American tribes—the most of any southern state—of which four are federally recognized and ten are state recognized. The French claimed the territory in 1682, and it became the political, commercial, and population center of the larger colony of New France. After a brief period of Spanish rule, Louisiana was returned to France in 1801 before being purchased by the U.S. in 1803; it was admitted to the Union in 1812 as the 18th state. Following statehood, Louisiana saw an influx of settlers from the eastern U.S. as well as immigrants from the West Indies, Germany, and Ireland. It experienced an agricultural boom, particularly in cotton and sugarcane, which were cultivated primarily by slaves from Africa. As a slave state, Louisiana was one of the original seven members of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. (Full article...)

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Sabine Lake is a bay on the Gulf coasts of Texas and Louisiana, located approximately 90 miles (140 km) east of Houston and 160 miles (260 km) west of Baton Rouge, adjoining the city of Port Arthur. The lake is formed by the confluence of the Neches and Sabine Rivers and connects to the Gulf of Mexico through Sabine Pass. It forms part of the Texas–Louisiana border, falling within Jefferson and Orange Counties in Texas and Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Sabine Lake is one of seven major estuaries along the Gulf Coast of Texas. Much of the Louisiana shore is protected by the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge. There is a long history of human habitation around the lake, including Native American settlement dating back at least 1,500 years, European exploration in the eighteenth century, and the growth of Port Arthur in the twentieth century. Today the lake serves as part of the Sabine–Neches Waterway and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and is a center for the shipping and petrochemical industries. (Full article...)

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The Old River Control Structure is a floodgate system in a branch of the Mississippi River in central Louisiana. It regulates the flow of water from the Mississippi into the Atchafalaya River, thereby preventing the Mississippi River from changing course. Completed in 1963, the complex was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a side channel of the Mississippi known as "Old River", between the Mississippi's current channel and the Atchafalaya Basin, a former channel of the Mississippi.

The Old River Control Structure is a complex containing the original low-sill and overbank structures, as well as the auxiliary structure that was constructed after the low-sill structure was damaged during the Mississippi River Flood of 1973. The complex also contains a navigation lock and the Sidney A. Murray Jr. Hydroelectric Station. (Full article...)

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Image 1Caesars Superdome and Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. (from Louisiana)
Image 2Poverty Point UNESCO site (from Louisiana)
Image 3Louisiana Purchase, 1803 (from Louisiana)
Image 4A field of yellow wildflowers in St. Bernard Parish (from Louisiana)
Image 5Tabasco varieties produced in Louisiana (from Louisiana)
Image 6Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near New Orleans (from Louisiana)
Image 7Louisiana pinesnake (from Louisiana)
Image 8Population density and low elevation coastal zones in the Mississippi River Delta. The Mississippi River Delta is especially vulnerable to sea level rise. (from Louisiana)
Image 9Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, founder of the colony of Louisiana in New France. (from History of Louisiana)
Image 10Capture of New Orleans, April 1862, colored lithograph of engraving (from Louisiana)
Image 11Map of the Caddoan Mississippian culture and some important sites (from History of Louisiana)
Image 12'Signing the Ordinance of Secession of Louisiana, January 26, 1861', oil on canvas painting, 1861 (from Louisiana)
Image 13Map of New France (blue color) in 1750, before the French and Indian War (from Louisiana)
Image 14Cargo ship at the Port of New Orleans (from Louisiana)
Image 15Courir de Mardi Gras celebration in southwest Louisiana, 2011 (from Culture of Louisiana)
Image 16A map showing the geographical extent of the Plaquemine cultural period and some of its major sites. (from History of Louisiana)
Image 17Watson Brake, the oldest mound complex in North America (from History of Louisiana)
Image 18A young African American man in Morganza, 1938 (from Louisiana)
Image 19French Acadians, who came to be known as Cajuns, settled in southern Louisiana, especially along the banks of its major bayous. (from Louisiana)
Image 20Entrance to the Bald Eagle Nest Trail at South Toledo Bend State Park (from Louisiana)
Image 21Mardi Gras celebrations in the Spanish Town section of Baton Rouge (from Louisiana)
Image 22Honey Island Swamp (from Louisiana)
Image 23Louisiana's population density (from Louisiana)
Image 24French pirate Jean Lafitte, who operated in New Orleans, was born in Port-au-Prince around 1782. (from Louisiana)
Image 25The Louisiana Governor's Mansion (from Louisiana)
Image 26A map showing the extent of the Coles Creek cultural period and some important sites (from History of Louisiana)
Image 27Treemap of the popular vote by parish, 2016 presidential election (from Louisiana)
Image 28Aerial view of Louisiana State University's flagship campus (from Louisiana)
Image 29Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis in New Orleans (from Louisiana)
Image 30National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana, 1938 (from Louisiana)
Image 31A streetcar on the St. Charles Avenue Line in New Orleans (from Louisiana)
Image 32Modern map of the United States overlapped with territory bought in the Louisiana Purchase (in white) (from History of Louisiana)
Image 33Map of Louisiana in 1800 (from Louisiana)
Image 34Geographic map of Louisiana (from Louisiana)
Image 35Map of the Fourche Maline and Marksville cultures (from History of Louisiana)
Image 36Saint-Domingue Creoles (from Louisiana)
Image 37Bogue Chitto State Park (from Louisiana)
Image 38Louisiana's flag during the American Civil War, in 1861 (from History of Louisiana)
Image 39View of flooded New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (from Louisiana)

Map of parishes in Louisiana by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Image 41Consolidated Bond of the State of Louisiana, issued 6. July 1892 (from Louisiana)
Image 42Typical dishes of Louisiana Creole cuisine (from Louisiana)
Image 43Map showing the geographic extent of the Baytown, Coastal Troyville and Troyville cultures (from History of Louisiana)
Image 44Map of New France (blue color) in 1750, before the French and Indian War (from History of Louisiana)
Image 45Free woman of color with mixed-race daughter; late 18th-century collage painting, New Orleans (from Louisiana)
Image 46Louisiana entrance sign off Interstate 20 in Madison Parish east of Tallulah (from Louisiana)
Image 47El Museo de los Isleños (Isleño Museum) in Saint Bernard (from Louisiana)
Image 48Watson Brake, the oldest mound complex in North America (from Louisiana)
Image 49Aerial view of Louisiana's wetland habitats (from Louisiana)
Image 50The Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, the tallest state capitol building in the United States (from Louisiana)
Image 51Antioch Baptist Church in Shreveport (from Louisiana)
Image 52Troyville Earthworks, once the second tallest earthworks in North America (from Louisiana)
Image 53Spanish Louisiana in 1800 (from History of Louisiana)

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... that prior to Mary Manhein's forensic-anthropology work in Louisiana, unidentified bones "usually ended up in a box"?
... that slave trader Jourdan Saunders greatly profited from a Louisiana law banning slave trading?
... that the 6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment began with 916 men and ended with 52?
... that officials said this year's Louisiana wildfire season includes the largest wildfire in the state's history?
... that when students spoke Vietnamese in a graduation speech in Louisiana, the school district proposed banning all non-English languages?
... that the owner of a Louisiana radio station was killed while in the process of putting it back on the air?

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