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Mississippi is a state of the southern United States, the 20th in a row state, which became part of the union state. The population of 2,978,512 people (31 th place in the United States, data, 2011). The capital and largest city - Jackson. The official nickname - 'Magnolia State' , an unofficial - 'State of hospitality'. Mississippi State is closely linked to the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Mississippi has an area of 125,443 square km. In the north of the state is bordered by Tennessee, on the east - Alabama, in the south-west - with Louisiana, in the north-west - with Arkansas. In the south, the Mississippi is washed by the Gulf of Mexico. His name was on the staff of the Mississippi River flowing along its western border.
State slaboholmistoy lies on the coastal plains. Within the State allocated a low-lying and flat area between the rivers Mississippi and its left tributary of the Yazoo, bounded on the east and the low ridge called DELTA. It is characterized by fertile chernozem soils. Summer - hot and humid throughout the state, except for the northeast, where the climate is more moderate. Winter - warm, the average January temperature of 6 °C in the north to 10 °C in the south. The amount of rainfall increases from north to south, with an average of about 1300 mm per year.