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Tennessee
Tennessee is a southern state of the United States. USS Tennessee was named in honor of this state. State nickname: Volunteer State Capital Nashville Area Ranked 36th Ê- Total 109,247 km2 Ê- Land 106,846 km2 Ê- Water 2,400 km2 Ê- % water 2.2% Population Ranked 16th Ê- Total (2000) 5,689,283 Ê- Density 52/km2 History Admittance into Union Ê- Order 16th * history prior to joining Ê- Date June 1, 1796 the United States Eastern: UTC-5/-4 * Tennessee was admitted to the Union in 1796 as Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5 Eastern TN in Eastern, the 16th state, and was Western TN in Central created by taking the north and south borders Latitude 35¡N to 36¡41'N of North Carolina and Longitude 81¡37'W to 90¡28'W extending them with only Width 195 km one small deviation to Length 710 km the Mississippi River, Elevation Ê Tennessee's western Ê -Highest 2,025 meters boundary. Tennessee Ê -Mean 275 meters seceded from the Union Ê -Lowest 54 meters on May 7, 1861. After ISO 3166-2: US-TN the American Civil War, Tennesse adopted a new constitution that abolished slavery (February 22, 1865), ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on July 18, 1866, and was the first state readmitted to the Union (July 24 of the same year). * major historical events that occurred in state o Tennessee was the only state that succeeded from the Union that did not have a military governor after the American Civil War Law and Government Tennessee's governor holds office for a four year term and may serve any number of terms, but not more than two in a row. The speaker of the state Senate has the title of lieutenant governor. See:List of Tennessee Governors. The General Assembly, ( the state's legislature) consists of the Senate which has 33 members and the House of Representatives with 99 members. Senators serve four year terms, and House members serve two year terms. The highest court in Tennessee is the state Supreme Court. It has a chief justice and four associate justices. The Court of Appeals has 12 judges. The Court of Criminal Appeals has nine judges. Tennessee's current state constitution was adopted in 1870. The state had two earlier constitutions. The first was adopted in 1796, the year Tennessee joined the union, and the second was adopted in 1834. Geography See:List of Tennessee counties It is bordered on the north by Kentucky and Virginia, on the east by North Carolina, on the south by Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and on the west by Arkansas and Missouri. The state is bisected by the Tennessee River. The state of Tennessee is traditionally divided by its people into three grand divisions - East, Middle, and West Tennessee. Economy According to U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, in 2001 Tennessee's Gross State Product was $115,204,000,000, 1.1% of the total Gross National Product. The 2001, the per capita personal income was $26,808, 36th in the nation, and only 88% of the national per capita personal income of $30,413. Total earnings were $110,654,536,000.(BEARFACTS) * State income * Major industries/products * state taxes Demographics * state population According to the 2000 census, Tennessee is 80.2% white, 16.4% black, 0.3% Native American, and 1% Asian. * religious makeup of state Important Cities and Towns The capital is Nashville. Other important cities are Bristol, Kingsport, and Johnson City, collectively known in Tennessee as the Tri-Cities; Oak Ridge, Clarksville, Chattanooga, Memphis and Knoxville. As of 2000, the population is 5,689,283. Education Colleges and Universities * Aquinas College * Rhodes College * Austin Peay State University * Sewanee, University of the South * Baptist Memorial College of * Southern Adventist University Health Sciences * Southern College * Belmont University * Tennessee State University * Bethel College * Tennessee Technological * Bryan College University * Carson-Newman College * Tennessee Temple University * Christian Brothers University * Tennessee Wesleyan College * Crichton College * Trevecca Nazarene University * Cumberland University * Tusculum College * East Tennessee State University * Union University * Fisk University * University of Memphis * Freed-Hardeman University * University of Tennessee System * Johnson Bible College o University of Tennessee at * King College Chattanooga * Knoxville College o University of Tennessee at * Lambuth University Knoxville * Lane College o University of Tennessee at * Lee University Martin * LeMoyne-Owen College o University of Tennessee at * Lincoln Memorial University Memphis * Lipscomb University * Vanderbilt University * Martin Methodist College * Maryville College * Meharry Medical College * Memphis College of Art * Middle Tennessee State University * Milligan College Professional Sports Teams * Memphis Grizzlies, National * minor league cont. Basketball Association o West Tenn Diamond Jaxx * Nashville Predators, National (Jackson) Hockey League o Tennessee Smokies * Tennessee Titans, National (Sevierville) Football League o Elizabethton Twins * Minor League Baseball Teams o Kingsport Mets o Memphis Redbirds o Johnson City Cardinals o Nashville Sounds o Chattanooga Lookouts
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