West Virginia
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senmarborda Usona ŝtato (provinco), apud Marilando, Pensilvanio, Ohio, Kentukio, kaj Virginio | |||||
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Location
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Topography
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Counties
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Flag
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State seal. Note state motto: Montani Semper Liberi ("Mountaineers are always free") and date of admission to the union (June 20, 1863).
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West Virginia is nicknamed "the Mountain State".
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John Denver, coauthor and performer of "Country Roads", the best known of West Virginia's four state songs.
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Cover of sheet music for "The West Virginia Hills" another of West Virginia's state songs. The remaining two songs are "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home" and "This Is My West Virginia".
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People from West Virginia are known as West Virginians or Mountaineers.
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Charleston is the capital city.
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Current governor Jim Justice.
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Current West Virginia US senator Joe Manchin.
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Current West Virginia US senator Shelley Moore Capito.
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Current West Virginia US representative Carol Miller.
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Current West Virginia US representative Alex Mooney.
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Highest point: Spruce Knob.
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Lowest point: Potomac River.
State symbols
[redakti]Cultural symbols
[redakti]State flag
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Flag of Virginia (1861–1865).
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Flag of West Virginia (1905-1907).
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Flag of West Virginia (1907-1929).
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Flag of West Virginia (1929-)
State flags
[redakti]State slogans
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Wild and Wonderful
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Open for Business
State songs
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John Denver, coauthor and performer of "Country Roads", the best known of West Virginia's four state songs.
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Cover of sheet music for "The West Virginia Hills" another of West Virginia's state songs. The remaining two songs are "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home" and "This Is My West Virginia".
Other state cultural symbols
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Color(s) Old gold and blue
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Food Golden Delicious apple (Malus domestica)
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Tartan West Virginia Shawl
Natural symbols
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Northern cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis.
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Butterfly Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
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Fish Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
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Flower Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
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Flower Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
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Insect Western honey bee (Apis mellifera)
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Mammal Black bear (Ursus americanus)
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Reptile Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
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Tree Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
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Tree Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
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Fossil Jefferson's ground sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii)
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Gemstone Silicified Mississippian fossil coral (Lithostrotionella)
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Rock Coal
Other representative imagery
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Commemorative quarter
Geography
[redakti]Geology and terrain
[redakti]Stratigraphy and rock formations
[redakti]Mountains and valleys
[redakti]Creeks, rivers, and falls
[redakti]Ponds, lakes, and wetlands
[redakti]Climate
[redakti]Adjacent states
[redakti]Flora and fauna
[redakti]Trees
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Tree Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
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Diospyros virginiana
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Quercus rubra
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Robinia pseudoacacia
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Salix nigra
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Ulmus rubra
Shrubs
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Flower Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
Arundinaria gigantea Corylus americana Ilex opaca Kalmia latifolia Spiraea tomentosa Vaccinium corymbosum Viburnum recognitum
Herbs
[redakti]Bentgrass Broom Sedge Cattail
Poa pratensis Ricecut Grass
Theeway Sedge Woolgrass Bulrush
Fungi
[redakti]Invertebrates
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Butterfly Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
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Insect Western honey bee (Apis mellifera)
Amphibians
[redakti]American bullfrog American toad Cheat Mountain salamander Gray treefrog Hellbender Marbled salamander Eastern newt Spring peeper
Birds
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Northern cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis.
Fish
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Fish Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Mammals
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Mammal Black bear (Ursus americanus)
Reptiles
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Reptile Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
Governors
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Jay Rockefeller, Governor from 1977-1985, current Senior Senator
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Bob Wise,The Governor from 2001-2005
Buildings
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State Capitol
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The Greenbrier Hotel
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Whipple Company Store