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POSTAL ABBREVIATION: IL
CAPITAL CITY: Springfield
NICKNAME: Prairie State
RESIDENTS ARE CALLED:
Illinoisans
MOTTO: State Sovereignty,
National Union
SONG: Illinois
BIRD: Cardinal
INSECT: Monarch Butterfly
FLOWER: Illinois Nature
Violet
TREE: White Oak
LARGEST CITY: Chicago
HIGHEST POINT: Charles
Mound (1,235 ft.)
BECAME A STATE ON:
December 3, 1818 (21th)
# OF US REPRESENTATIVES:
19
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