General
Nickname: Land of Lincoln
State bird: Springfield Cardinal
State flower: Native Violet
Capital: Springfield
Date of admission to the Union: 3rd Dec 1818
Population: 12,128,)
Population Density: 80.8/sq km
1999 Total overseas arrivals/US Ranking: 1,321,000/6
Time: GMT - 6. Daylight Saving Time is observed.
The State: Illinois, stretching from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River, embraces vast, rich farmlands, the giant city of Chicago, rolling glacial plains and, to the south, the hills and valleys of the Illinois Ozarks. Illinois boasts 4300 miles of scenic shoreline, 1100 historic sites and one half million acres of state parks. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th US President, spent most of his professional (he was a lawyer) and political life here.
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