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Arkansas (pronounce [ˈɑɹkn̩ˌsɑː]) is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River. Its diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozarks and the Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River. The capital and most populous city is Little Rock, located in the central portion of the state.

Trivia about arkansas

  • An 1881 resolution established that this state's name was to be spelled one way but pronounced another
  • It's the only 1-word U.S. state that contains the entire name, in order, of another state
  • Bill Clinton could tell you its state motto is "The people rule"
  • Stuttgart is a little ways from Little Rock in this state
  • Little Rock is this state's capital
  • Alphabetically, the 4th of the 50 states is this Razorback home
  • Heber Springs,Hot Springs,Hope
  • State where you can visit Hot Springs National Park & Crater of Diamonds State Park
  • This state's geographic center lies about 12 miles northwest of Little Rock
  • Texarkana, Texas was incorporated in 1874; Texarkana in this state wasn't incorporated until 1880
  • North Little Rock is the sixth-largest city in this state
  • This river shares the spelling of its name with the state in which the 42nd U.S. president was born
  • "The Razorback State"
  • Bill Clinton may know there's an oil and brine museum in Smackover in this state
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  • Jim Guy Tucker's term as this state's governor was scheduled to end in 1999, but he resigned due to Whitewater
  • The vehicle Noah traveled in together with the tool he used to cut word to make it
  • In 1975 Hillary joined the faculty of the law school at the university of this state
  • This state's "Crater of Diamonds" near Murfreesboro is the only diamond mine in the U.S.
  • A 16.37-carat gem is the largest ever discovered by a visitor to this state's Crater of Diamonds State Park
  • You can keep the gems you find at Crater of Diamonds State Park in this "Land of Opportunity"
  • Western neighbor of Tenn. & Miss.; it has only diamond field in N. America
  • This state's flag was designed by Miss Willie Hocker of the Pine Bluff chapter of the D.A.R.
  • The only state beginning with "A" that does not end in "A"
  • In the '70s governors of this state included Dale Bumpers & a future president
  • "The Razorback State"
  • It's "The Natural State" as well as "The Land of Opportunity"
  • Not far from Hot Springs, Pope County in this state is home to several thoroughbred horse farms
  • It's also known as "The Toothpick State" because of a knife used by early settlers
  • The "Hot Water State"
  • Tyson Foods could tell you that this state leads the USA in broiler production
  • Dale Bumpers was this state's governor from 1971 until 1975, when he entered the U.S. Senate
  • Tell your mama, tell your pa, I'm gonna send you back to this state, maybe to Pine Bluff
  • Pine Bluff & Arkadelphia are cities in this state
  • Daisy Gatson Bates Day in this state celebrates a civil rights activist who helped integrate Little Rock's schools
  • Visitors to Crater of Diamonds State Park in this state may keep any precious or semiprecious stones they find
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  • "The sawingest saw I ever saw saw was the saw I saw saw in" this "Land of Opportunity State"
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  • The opening of a bypass in 1999 connected Pine Bluff in this state with the interstate system
  • Winthrop Rockefeller &Jim Guy Tucker
  • Indians,Razorbacks
  • Though Delaware is the Diamond State, the Crater of Diamonds is in this state
  • In 1995 this "Land of Opportunity" got a new official nickname, "The Natural State"
  • Crater of Diamonds State Park
  • Mike Huckabee
  • Mount Magazine, which has Ozark National Forest land on its slopes
  • Hattie Caraway, the first elected female senator, represented this state, long the "Land of Opportunity"
  • In office from 1996:Mike Huckabee
  • Tyson Foods, Inc. is headquartered in Springdale in this state
  • Montana's Marc Racicot & this state's Jim Guy Tucker are the USA's lowest-paid governors