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(Top) 1 General reference 2 Geography of Louisiana 2.1 Places in Louisiana 2.2 Environment of Louisiana 2.2.1 Natural geographic features of Louisiana 2.3 Regions of Louisiana 2.3.1 Administrative divisions of Louisiana 2.4 Demography of Louisiana 3 Geology of Louisiana 4 Government and politics of Louisiana 4.1 Branches of the government of Louisiana 4.1.1 Executive branch of the government of Louisiana 4.1.2 Legislative branch of the government of Louisiana 4.1.3 Judicial branch of the government of Louisiana 4.2 Law and order in Louisiana 4.3 Military in Louisiana 5 History of Louisiana 5.1 History of Louisiana, by period 5.2 History of Louisiana, by region 5.3 History of Louisiana, by subject 6 Culture of Louisiana 6.1 The arts in Louisiana 6.2 Sports in Louisiana 7 Economy and infrastructure of Louisiana 8 Education in Louisiana 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

Outline of Louisiana

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The Flag of the State of Louisiana

The Great Seal of the State of Louisiana

The location of the state of Louisiana in the United States of America

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Louisiana:

Louisiana – U.S. state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties. Some Louisiana urban environments have a strong multicultural and multilingual heritage, influenced by an admixture of 18th century French, Spanish, Native American (Indian) and African inhabitants.

General reference[edit]

An enlargeable map of the state of Louisiana

Names
- Common name: Louisiana
  - Pronunciation: /luˌiːziˈænə/ ^ⓘ, /ˌluːziˈænə/ ^ⓘ
- Official name: State of Louisiana
- Abbreviations and name codes
  - Postal symbol: LA
  - ISO 3166-2 code: US-LA
  - Internet second-level domain: .la.us
- Nicknames
  - Bayou State (previously used on license plates)
  - Child of the Mississippi
  - Creole State
  - Fisherman's Paradise
  - Holland of America
  - Pelican State
  - Sportsman's Paradise (currently used on license plates)
  - Sugar State
Adjectival: Louisiana
Demonym: Louisianian

Geography of Louisiana[edit]

Geography of Louisiana

Louisiana is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America
Location
- Northern Hemisphere
- Western Hemisphere
  - Americas
    - North America
      - Anglo America
      - Northern America
        
        United States of America
        
        Contiguous United States
        
        Central United States
        
        West South Central States
        
        Western United States
        
        Southern United States
        
        Black Belt
        
        Deep South
        
        Gulf Coast of the United States
        
        South Central United States
Population of Louisiana: 4,533,372 (2010 U.S. Census^[1])
Area of Louisiana:
Atlas of Louisiana

Places in Louisiana[edit]

Environment of Louisiana[edit]

Climate of Louisiana
Protected areas in Louisiana
- State forests of Louisiana
Superfund sites in Louisiana

Natural geographic features of Louisiana[edit]

Rivers of Louisiana

Regions of Louisiana[edit]

Administrative divisions of Louisiana[edit]

An enlargeable map of the 64 parishes of the state of Louisiana

The 64 parishes of the state of Louisiana
- Municipalities in Louisiana
  - Cities in Louisiana
    - State capital of Louisiana:
    - City nicknames in Louisiana
  - Towns in Louisiana
- Census-designated places in Louisiana

Demography of Louisiana[edit]

Demographics of Louisiana

Geology of Louisiana[edit]

Government and politics of Louisiana[edit]

Politics of Louisiana

Military in Louisiana[edit]

History of Louisiana[edit]

History of Louisiana
By year Pre-statehood U.S. Civil War Post-Civil War Topics: African-Americans - Cities - Politics
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History of Louisiana

History of Louisiana, by period[edit]

Poverty Point culture, 2200 - 700 BCE
Tchefuncte culture, 600 BCE - 200 CE
Marksville culture, 100 BCE to 400 CE
Fourche Maline culture, 300 BCE to 800 CE
Baytown culture, 300 to 700 CE
Coles Creek culture, 700 - 1200
Plaquemine culture, 1200–1400
Caddoan Mississippian culture, 800 - 1600
Native groups at time of European settlement
Spanish colony of Florida, 1565–1763
- Treaty of Paris of 1763
French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1764
- History of slavery in Louisiana, 1706–1865
- Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
Spanish colony of Tejas, (1721–1773)-1821
- Los Adaes, 1721–1773
British Province of West Florida, 1763–1783
- Treaty of Paris of 1783
Spanish (though predominantly Francophone) district of Baja Luisiana, 1764–1803
- Rebellion of 1768
- Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800
Spanish colony of Florida Occidental, 1783–1821
- Republic of West Florida, 1810
French district of Basse-Louisiane, 1803
- Louisiana Purchase of 1803
Unorganized territory of the United States, 1803–1804
Territory of Orleans, 1804–1812
- Sabine Free State, 1806–1821
- U.S. unilaterally annexes Florida Parishes, 1810
History of Louisiana#Incorporation into the United States and antebellum years (1803–1860) since April 30, 1812
- War of 1812, 1812–1815
  - Battle of New Orleans, 1815
- Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819
- Louisiana in the American Civil War, 1861–1865
  - Confederate States of America, 1861–1865
- Louisiana in Reconstruction, 1865–1868
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005

History of Louisiana, by region[edit]

by city
by parish
- History of Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Orleans Parish has the same boundaries as the city of New Orleans)
- History of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

History of Louisiana, by subject[edit]

History of slavery in Louisiana

Culture of Louisiana[edit]

Culture of Louisiana

The arts in Louisiana[edit]

Sports in Louisiana[edit]

Sports in Louisiana

Economy and infrastructure of Louisiana[edit]

Economy of Louisiana

Communications in Louisiana
Health care in Louisiana
- Hospitals in Louisiana
Transportation in Louisiana
- Airports in Louisiana
- Roads in Louisiana
  - State highways in Louisiana

Education in Louisiana[edit]

Education in Louisiana

Schools in Louisiana
- School districts in Louisiana
  - High schools in Louisiana
- Colleges and universities in Louisiana
  - University of Louisiana (disambiguation)
  - Louisiana State University

References[edit]

^ "U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts Louisiana". Archived from the original on 2014-01-19.

External links[edit]

Definitions from Wiktionary

Media from Commons

News from Wikinews

Quotations from Wikiquote

Texts from Wikisource

Textbooks from Wikibooks

Resources from Wikiversity

Wikimedia Atlas of Louisiana

Outline of LouisianaatCurlie
Louisiana Geographic Information Center
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
Louisiana Weather and Tides
Geographic data related to Outline of LouisianaatOpenStreetMap

Ecoregions

Geology links

Geology
- Generalized Geologic Map of Louisiana, 2008
- Generalized Geology of Louisiana (text to Generalized Geologic Map of Louisiana)
- Loess Map of Louisiana
- Other Louisiana Geological Maps
- Louisiana Geofacts

Government

Official State of Louisiana website
Louisiana State Databases – Annotated list of searchable databases produced by Louisiana state agencies and compiled by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association.
Census Statistics on Louisiana

Federal politics

News media

The Times-Picayune major Louisiana newspaper
WWL-TV Louisiana television station

Tourism

Wikipedia outlines

General reference

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