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Alabama(/ˌæləˈbæmə/AL-ə-BAM-ə) is astatein theSoutheasternregion of the United States. It bordersTennesseeto the north,Georgiato the east,Floridaand theGulf of Mexicoto the south, andMississippito the west. Alabama is the30th largest by areaand the24th-most populousof the50 U.S. states.

Alabama is nicknamed theYellowhammerState,after thestate bird.Alabama is also known as the "Heart ofDixie"and the" Cotton State ". The state has diverse geography, with the north dominated by the mountainousTennessee Valleyand the south byMobile Bay,a historically significant port. Alabama's capital isMontgomery,and its largest city by population and area isHuntsville.Its oldest city isMobile,founded byFrench colonists(Alabama Creoles) in 1702 as the capital ofFrench Louisiana.Greater Birminghamis Alabama's largest metropolitan area and its economic center. Politically, as part of theDeep South,or "Bible Belt",Alabama is a predominantlyconservativestate, and is known for itsSouthern culture.Within Alabama,American football,particularly at thecollegelevel, plays a major part of the state's culture.

Originally home to many native tribes, present-day Alabama was a Spanish territory beginning in the sixteenth century until the French acquired it in the early eighteenth century. The British won the territory in 1763 until losing it in theAmerican Revolutionary War.Spain held Mobile as part ofSpanish West Floridauntil 1813. In December 1819, Alabama was recognized as a state. During the antebellum period, Alabama was a majorproducer of cotton,and widely usedAfrican American slave labor.In 1861, the state seceded from the United States to become part of theConfederate States of America,with Montgomery acting as its first capital, and rejoined the Union in 1868. Following theAmerican Civil War,Alabama would suffer decades of economic hardship, in part due to agriculture and a fewcash cropsbeing the main driver of the state's economy. Similar to other former slave states, Alabamian legislators employedJim Crow lawsfrom the late 19th century up until the 1960s. High-profile events such as theSelma to Montgomery marchesmade the state a major focal point of thecivil rights movementin the 1950s and 1960s. (Full article...)

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Radar image of the supercell responsible for producing the Enterprise tornado on March 1

Thetornado outbreak of February 28 – March 2, 2007was a deadlytornado outbreakacross thesouthern United Statesthat began inKansason February 28, 2007. The severe weather spread eastward on March 1 and left a deadly mark across the southern US, particularly inAlabamaandGeorgia.Twenty deaths were reported; one in Missouri, nine in Georgia, and 10 in Alabama. Scattered severe weather was also reported inNorth Carolinaon March 2, producing the finaltornadoof the outbreak before the storms moved offshore into the Atlantic Ocean.

In the end, there were 57 tornadoes confirmed during the outbreak, including three EF3 tornadoes reported across three states, as well as three EF4 tornadoes; two in Alabama and one in Kansas, the first such tornadoes since the introduction of theEnhanced Fujita Scale.Total damages were estimated at over $580 million from tornadoes alone, making it the fourth-costliest tornado outbreak in US history (the figure not including damage from other thunderstorm impacts includinghailandstraight-line winds). Insured losses in the state of Georgia topped $210 million, making this outbreak the costliest in that state's history.Enterprise, Alabama,which was hit the hardest, sustained damages in excess of $307 million. (Full article...)

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Marshall Space Flight Center(officially theGeorge C. Marshall Space Flight Center;MSFC), located inRedstone Arsenal, Alabama(Huntsvillepostal address), is theU.S. government's civilianrocketryandspacecraft propulsionresearch center. As the largestNASAcenter, MSFC's first mission was developing theSaturn launch vehiclesfor theApollo program.Marshall has been the lead center for theSpace Shuttlemain propulsion andexternal tank;payloads and related crew training;International Space Station(ISS) design and assembly; computers, networks, and information management; and theSpace Launch System.Located on theRedstone Arsenalnear Huntsville, MSFC is named in honor ofGeneral of the Army George C. Marshall.

The center contains theHuntsville Operations Support Center(HOSC), also known as theInternational Space Station Payload Operations Center.This facility supports ISS launch, payload, and experiment activities at theKennedy Space Center.The HOSC also monitors rocket launches fromCape Canaveral Space Force Stationwhen a Marshall Center payload is on board. (Full article...)

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Image 1Lighthouse onGuntersville Lake(fromAlabama)
Image 2Mercedes-Benz U.S. Internationalin Tuscaloosa County was the first automotive facility to locate within the state. (fromAlabama)
Image 3Regions Fieldin Birmingham (fromAlabama)
Image 4Airbus Mobile Engineering Center at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile (fromAlabama)
Image 5Vestavia Hills High Schoolin the suburbs of Birmingham (fromAlabama)
Image 6Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complexin Birmingham (fromAlabama)
Image 7Bryant–Denny Stadiumat theUniversity of Alabamain Tuscaloosa (fromAlabama)
Image 8Monte Sano State Parkin Huntsville (fromAlabama)

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Image 10The developing skyline of Birmingham in 1915 (fromAlabama)
Image 11Artists conception ofMoundville,aMississippian culturesite on the Black Warrior River in Hale County (fromHistory of Alabama)
Image 12Terminal at theMontgomery Regional Airportin Montgomery (fromAlabama)
Image 131823 Map of Alabama (fromHistory of Alabama)
Image 14Cathedral CavernsinMarshall County(fromAlabama)
Image 15Map of Alabama from theNational Atlas of the United States(2007) (fromAlabama)
Image 16Tornado damage inPhil Campbellfollowing the statewideApril 27, 2011, tornado outbreak(fromAlabama)
Image 17Republican Kay Iveyis thegovernor of Alabamaas of 2024. (fromAlabama)
Image 181725 map ofMobile,Alabama's first permanent European settlement (fromHistory of Alabama)
Image 19Flag of Alabama(fromHistory of Alabama)
Image 20TheRiverchase Galleriain Hoover, one of the largest shopping centers in the southeast (fromAlabama)
Image 21Shelby Hall, School of Computing, at theUniversity of South Alabamain Mobile (fromAlabama)
Image 22Ono Islandin Baldwin County (fromAlabama)
Image 23Ethnic origins in Alabama (fromAlabama)
Image 24Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham, part of the Five Points South Historic District (fromAlabama)
Image 25Regions-Harbert Plaza,Regions Center,andWells Fargo Towerin Birmingham's financial district (fromAlabama)
Image 26Harrison Plaza at theUniversity of North Alabamain Florence. The school was chartered as LaGrange College by theAlabama Legislaturein 1830. (fromAlabama)
Image 27Mississippi Territorychanges 1798–1817. (fromHistory of Alabama)
Image 28Alabama's population density, 2010 (fromAlabama)
Image 29Members of the Alabama state legislature on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery during Reconstruction (1872) (fromHistory of Alabama)
Image 30Cliffs at the rim of theWetumpka meteorite crater(fromAlabama)
Image 31TheState Capitol Buildingin Montgomery, completed in 1851 (fromAlabama)
Image 32A stand ofCahaba lilies(Hymenocallis coronaria) in theCahaba River,within theCahaba River National Wildlife Refuge(fromAlabama)
Image 33TheSpace ShuttleEnterprisebeing tested at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1978 (fromAlabama)
Image 34William J. Samford Hall atAuburn University(fromAlabama)
Image 35The main house, built in 1833, atThornhillin Greene County. It is a formerBlack Beltplantation. (fromAlabama)
Image 36The formerMount Sinai Schoolin rural Autauga County, completed in 1919. It was one of the 387Rosenwald Schoolsbuilt in the state. (fromAlabama)
Image 37Mobile is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the U.S. (fromAlabama)
Image 38Union Armytroops occupying Courthouse Square in Huntsville, following its capture and occupation by federal forces in 1864 (fromAlabama)
Image 39Dauphin Street in Mobile (fromAlabama)
Image 40Blast furnaces such as theTennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company's Ensley Works madeBirminghaman important center for iron production in the early 20th century. (fromHistory of Alabama)
Image 41Von Braun Centerin Huntsville (fromAlabama)
Image 42Aerial view of the port of Mobile (fromAlabama)
Image 43The Natural Bridge Rock inWinston Countyis the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies. (fromAlabama)
Image 44Temple B'Nai Sholomin Huntsville, established in 1876. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the state. (fromAlabama)
Image 45Alabama's beaches are one of the state's major tourist destinations. (fromAlabama)
Image 46Artist's conception of theTaskigi Site,a fortified mound and village near Wetumpka, Alabama (fromHistory of Alabama)
Image 47TheHeflin-Torbert Judicial Buildingin Montgomery. It houses theSupreme Court of Alabama,Alabama Court of Civil Appeals,andAlabama Court of Criminal Appeals.(fromAlabama)
Image 48SenatorDoug Joneswon aspecial electionin 2017. (fromAlabama)
Image 49Interstate 59(co-signed withInterstate 20) approachingInterstate 65in downtown Birmingham (fromAlabama)
Image 50TheMoundville Archaeological Sitein Hale County. It was occupied by Native Americans of theMississippian culturefrom 1000 to 1450 CE. (fromAlabama)
Image 51TheRobert Trent Jones Golf Trailhas a large economic impact on the state. (fromAlabama)
Image 52The Islamic Center of Tuscaloosa (fromAlabama)
Image 53The inauguration ofJefferson DavisinMontgomeryon February 18, 1861. (fromHistory of Alabama)
Image 54Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery in 2010 (fromAlabama)

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... thatRick Rehmattributed his surprise victory in an Alabama election tograssrootscampaigning, while his opponent attributed it tostraight-ticket voting?
... thatSymphyotrichum kentuckiense,the Kentucky aster, isonly foundon limestonecedar gladesand limestone roadsides inAlabama,Georgia,Kentucky,andTennessee?
... that an Alabama mayoral candidate received "his head on a platter", according to winning candidateDave Thomas?
... that the1874 Alabama gubernatorial electionwas marred by violence and fraud?
... thatHuntsville, Alabama,is nicknamed Rocket City?
... that the two varieties ofAlabama crotonare separated by more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles)?

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