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POSTAL ABBREVIATION: AL
CAPITAL CITY: Montgomery
NICKNAME: Yellowhammer State
RESIDENTS ARE CALLED: Alabamians or Alabamans
MOTTO: We Dare Defend Our Rights
SONG: Alabama
BIRD: Yellowhammer
INSECT: Monarch Butterfly
FLOWER: Camellia
TREE: Southern Longleaf Pine
LARGEST CITY: Birmingham
HIGHEST POINT: Cheaha Mountain at 2,407 feet
BECAME A STATE ON: December 14, 1819 (22nd state)
# OF US REPRESENTATIVES: 7
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