State of Indiana
A State of Indiana is an U.S. state located in the midwestern and Great Lakes region.
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- It can be composed of Indiana Municipalities (such as Indianapolis, IN and Greenwood, IN), Indiana Counties, and, Indiana Special Districts.
- It can be composed of an Indiana State Government, with Indiana state agencies (such as an Indiana State Board of Accounts[1] and Indiana State Auditor, and Indiana Finance Authority[2]) composed of Indiana bureaucrats (such as Indiana state auditor).
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- See: Hoosier, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Metropolitan Area, Indiana Senate, Indiana House of Representatives.
References
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/indiana Retrieved:2016-8-31.
- Indiana is a U.S. state located in the midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th largest by area and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S. state on December 11, 1816.
Before becoming a territory, varying cultures of indigenous peoples and historic Native Americans inhabited Indiana for thousands of years. Since its founding as a territory, settlement patterns in Indiana have reflected regional cultural segmentation present in the Eastern United States; the state's northernmost tier was settled primarily by people from New England and New York, Central Indiana by migrants from the Mid-Atlantic states and from adjacent Ohio, and Southern Indiana by settlers from the Southern states, particularly Kentucky and Tennessee. Indiana has a diverse economy with a gross state product of $298 billion in 2012. Indiana has several metropolitan areas with populations greater than 100,000 and a number of smaller industrial cities and towns. Indiana is home to several major sports teams and athletic events including the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, the NBA's Indiana Pacers, the WNBA's Indiana Fever, the Indianapolis 500, and Brickyard 400 motorsports races.
- Indiana is a U.S. state located in the midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th largest by area and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S. state on December 11, 1816.