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Kentucky

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Kentucky
Kintra Unitit States
Afore stateheid pairt o Virginie
Admittit tae the Union June 1, 1792 (15th)
Lairgest ceety Louisville
Lairgest metro Louisville metropolitan aurie
Govrenment
 ?  Govrenor Matt Bevin ( R )
 ?  Lieutenant Governor Jenean Hampton (R)
Legislatur Kentucky General Assembly
 ?  Upper hoose Senate
 ?  Lawer hoose Hoose o Representatives
U.S. senators Mitch McConnell (R)
Rand Paul (R)
U.S. Hoose delegation 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat ( leet )
Population
 ? Total 4,436,974 (2,016 est) [1]
 ? Density 42.5/km 2 (110/sq mi)
Leid
 ?  Offeecial leid Inglis [2]
Trad. abbreviation Ky.
Latitude 36°?30′ N tae 39°?09′ N
Longitude 81°?58′ W tae 89°?34′ W

Kentucky is a state locatit in the east sooth-central region o the Unitit States . Awtho styled as the "State o Kentucky" in the law creautin it, [3] Kentucky is ane o fowr U.S. states constitutit as a commonweel (the ithers bein Virginie , Pennsylvanie , an Massachusetts ). Oeeginally a pairt o Virginie , in 1792 Kentucky becam the 15t state tae jyne the Union. Kentucky is the 37t maist extensive an the 26t maist populous o the 50 Unitit States .

Kentucky is kent as the "Bluegrass State," a nickname based on the bluegrass foond in mony o its pasturs due tae the fertile sile. Ane o the major regions in Kentucky is the Bluegrass Region in central Kentucky, that hooses twa o its major ceeties, Louisville an Lexington . It is a laund wi diverse environments an abundant resoorces, includin the warld's langest cave seestem, Mammoth Cave Naitional Pairk , the greatest lenth o navigable watterweys an streams in the contiguous Unitit States , an the twa lairgest man-made lochs east o the Mississippi River .

Kentucky is an aw kent for horse racin , bourbon distilleries, moonshine , coal , the " My Old Kentucky Home" historic naitional pairk, automobile manufacturin , tabaccae , bluegrass muisic , college basketbaw , an Kentucky Fried Chicken .

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  1. "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2016" (CSV) . U.S. Census Bureau . December 2016 . Retrieved 5 Mairch 2017 .
  2. "Kentucky State Symbols" . Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Archived frae the original on 2007-07-31 . Retrieved November 29, 2006 . Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored ( help )
  3. United States Congress. "Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America" . Statutes at Large: 1st Congress . p. 189 . Retrieved 4 Juin 2017 .

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