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POSTAL ABBREVIATION: IA

CAPITAL CITY: Des Moines

NICKNAME: Hawkeye State

RESIDENTS ARE CALLED: Iowans

MOTTO: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain

SONG: The Song of Iowa

BIRD: Eastern Goldfinch

FLOWER: Wild Rose

TREE: Oak

LARGEST CITY: Des Moines

HIGHEST POINT: Hawkeye Point (1,670 ft)

BECAME A STATE ON: December 28, 1846 (29th state)

# OF US REPRESENTATIVES: 5

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