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= Group Project P8 =

Facts about Cedar Rapids


Zip Code: 52401

Latitude: 41.98N

Longitude: 91.66W

Time Zone: Central

Q: How many time zones are in the United States?

A: 4

State Capital, Nickname, Motto, Population
Capital: Des Moines

Nickname: Hawkeye State

Motto: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.

Population: 3,156,145

Largest City
Des Moines

Population: 217,521

Fun Fact
Ripley's Believe It or Not has dubbed Burlington's Snake Alley the most crooked street in the world.

Admission to Statehood
Iowa became a state on December 28, 1846

State Numbers
Ex. New Jersey is #3

Iowa is #29

State Flag
Ex. New Jersey

Symbolism: The coat of arms contains a horse's head; beneath that is a helmet, showing that New Jersey governs itself, and it has three plows on a shield to highlight the state's agriculture tradition, which shows why the state has the nickname "Garden State". The two Goddesses represent the state motto, "Liberty and Prosperity". Liberty is on the left. She is holding a staff with a liberty cap on it, and the word liberty underneath her. The goddess on the right is Ceres, goddess of agriculture. She is holding a cornucopia with prosperity written below her.

Iowa

Symbolism: The flag of the state of Iowa is a vertical tricolor of blue, white, and red, reflecting the U.S. state of Iowa's history as part of the French Louisiana Territory. (Because of the wider middle stripe and symmetric design, the design is sometimes classified[by whom?] as a "Canadian pale".) The image of a bald eagle with a long ribbon reading "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain", derived from the Seal of Iowa, is centered in the middle white stripe. The word "Iowa" is placed directly below it in red, serifed majuscules.

State Song
Name: The Song of Iowa