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POSTAL ABBREVIATION: MS
CAPITAL CITY: Jackson
NICKNAME: Magnolia State
RESIDENTS ARE CALLED:
Mississippians
MOTTO: By Valor and Arms
SONG: Go Mis-sis-sip-pi
BIRD: Mockingbird
INSECT: Honeybee
FLOWER: Magnolia
TREE: Magnolia
LARGEST CITY: Jackson
HIGHEST POINT: Woodall
Mountain (806 ft.)
BECAME A STATE ON:
December 10, 1817 (20th state)
# OF US REPRESENTATIVES:
4
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