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'''Louisiana''' is located in the Southern region of the [[United States]] and on April 30, 1812 became the eighteenth state to enter into the union. Louisiana was named after the French king [[Louis XIV]]. The current governor of Louisiana is [[Bobby Jindal]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]].
'''Louisiana''' is located in the Southern region of the [[United States]] and on April 30, 1812 became the eighteenth state to enter into the union. Louisiana was named after the French king [[Louis XIV]]. The current governor of Louisiana is [[Bobby Jindal]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]].
The capital of the state is [[Baton Rouge]], and its largest city is [[New Orleans]].
The capital of the state is [[Baton Rouge]], and its largest city is [[New Orleans]].
The state Constitution of Louisiana, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. It says:
:''We, the people of Louisiana, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political, economic, and religious liberties we enjoy, and desiring to protect individual rights to life, liberty, and property; afford opportunity for the fullest development of the individual; assure equality of rights; promote the health, safety, education, and welfare of the people; maintain a representative and orderly government; ensure domestic tranquility; provide for the common defense; and secure the blessings of freedom and justice to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution.''
==Elected Officials==
==Elected Officials==
[[File:Brown Pelican3.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Brown Pelican, the Louisiana state bird, was taken off the endangered species list only one year before [[President Obama]] approved BP's oil lease which created the [[Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster]]. ]]
===Federal===
===Federal===
*Sen. [[Bill Cassidy]] (R)
*Sen. [[Bill Cassidy]] (R)