Maine
Maine covers 35,387 square miles and has a population of 1,274,923 people.
Maine's capital is
Augusta,
which has a population of 18,560. Other important cities are
Portland
(pop. 62,249), Lewiston (pop.35,690), Bangor (pop. 31,473), South Portland (pop.
23,324), Auburn (pop. 23,203), Brunswick (pop. 14,816), Biddeford (pop. 20,942),
Sanford (pop. 10,133) and Scarborough (pop. 16,970).
Maine was admitted to the Union on March 15th, 1820 as the 23rd state. The state
flower is the "White Pine Cone and Tassel" and its' nickname is the "Pine Tree
State". Maine is bordered by Canada to the north,
New Hampshire to the
south and Atlantic Ocean. Maine's economy is broken into two categories;
agriculture and industry. Seafood,
poultry and eggs, potatoes, dairy products, cattle, blueberries and apples
provide for the agricultural side. While
paper, lumber, and wood products,
electric equipment, food processing, leather products, textiles and tourism
provide for the industrial side.