the state of new jersey

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Geography• Total area 13 204 km2

– Land area 11 936.5 km2

– Water area 1 125.8 km2

– Persons per square mile 1 826 persons/km2

– 21 counties:

Some more facts about geography

• ~800 lakes and ponds. • ~100 rivers and creeks.• ~55,150 km of highways and roads• Highest Elevation: 550 m (High Point)• Lowest Elevation: 0 m (Atlantic Ocean)

People

• Population, 2009 estimate 8,707,739.– White people 75.8%– Black people 14.5%– Asian people 7.8%– American Indian and Alaska Native people 0.4%

• State Seal- It contains five symbols: 1. Helmet and Horse Head

2. Liberty

3. Ceres

4. Shield

5. Scroll- The state's motto "Liberty and Prosperity"

• State Flag• State Flower - The Violet• State Bird - The Eastern Goldfinch• State Tree - The Red Oak• State Bug - The Honeybee

Symbols

• State Animal - The Horse

• State Fish- The Brook Trout

• State Shell- The Knobbed Whelk

• State Ship- The A.J. Meerwald

• State Fruit- The Blueberry

• State Dinosaur- Hadrosaurus foulkii

• State Dance- Square Dance

Do you know that...

• 3,064,645 households

• 314 public libraries.

• 1,866 public elementary schools.

• 398 public secondary schools.

• 132 private high schools.

• 41 colleges.

Cities

• Trenton- The capital city of New Jersey (Population: 85,403)

• Newark- The biggest city in NJ (Population: 273,546)

• Jersey City• Paterson• Elizabeth

A Short History of New Jersey

• The first people were Delaware Indians.

• Lived in parts of Delaware, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania.

• 1524- Verrazano explores the Jersey coast.

• There were more ethnics than the other colonies.

• 1660- Bergen, now Jersey City, becomes the first permanent town in New Jersey

• 1756- Princeton University is established

• 1776- N.J.'s first newspaper, the New Jersey Gazette, issues its first edition

• 1787- New Jersey became the third state of the U.S. Constitution.

A Short History of New Jersey

• In 1790, Trenton officially became the state capital of New Jersey.

• William Livingston became New Jersey's first state governor.

• Trenton produced clay products, iron, and steel.• Most of the immigrants came from Ireland and Germany.

Later, from Italy and from Eastern Europe.• On 3rd of May in 1919, the first passenger flight in

American history was flown from New York to Atlantic City.

• 1921- The first Miss America Pageant is held

Things You Might not Know

• 1846- The first organized baseball game in Hoboken in NJ

• New Jersey- the "Pathway of the Revolution." Over 100 battles were

fought on New Jersey soil.

• New Jersey has more horses per sq.km than any other state.

• The first state to sign the Bill of Rights.

• 1896- The first professional basketball game in Trenton in NJ.

• 204.4 km of coastline on the Atlantic Ocean.

• More than 9,800 farms covering ~3197 sq.km of farmland.

• More scientists and engineers per sq.mi. than anywhere else in the

world.

• Gay couples have the same legal rights as heterosexual couples.

• Princeton astronomer, Alicia Soderberg, was the first person who

saw a supernova.

• More millionaire residents than any other state in the U.S.

• The first nearly complete dinosaur fossil is found in Haddonfield

• Roselle is the first U.S. town to be lighted by electricity.

• Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves has graduated Leonia High

School.

Famous people in NJEntertainers:• Anne Hathaway • John Travolta • Bruce Willis • Meryl StreepCulture:• James Fenimore Cooper – (1789 - 1851)• Martha StewartMusic:• Jon Bon Jovi • Akon• Lauryn Hill • Whitney Houston • Jonas Brothers (Kevin, Joe, Nick)• Frank Sinatra – (1915 -1998)

Sports:• Tim Howard • Carl Lewis • Dean Randazzo

Science:• Thomas A. Edison – (1847- 1931)• Albert Einstein – (1879- 1955)

State Holidays• Martin Luther King Jr. Day

• Lincoln's Birthday• Presidents Day

• Good Friday• Memorial Day

• Independence Day • Labor Day

• Columbus Day• Election Day

• Veteran's Day• Thanksgiving Day

• Christmas Day

Literature• http://www.state.nj.us/

• http://www.famousnewjerseyans.com/index.html

• http://www.theus50.com/newjersey/

• “History of the U.S.”

• “The new book of knowledge”

• “Encyclopædia Britannica”

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