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'''Maryland''' is bordered to the north by [[Pennsylvania]], to the east by [[Delaware]], to the south by [[Virginia]] and the [[District of Columbia]], and to the west by [[West Virginia]]. It has a total area of 12,192.97 square miles.<ref name=statewebsite>http://www.maryland.gov/</ref>  

'''Maryland''' is bordered to the north by [[Pennsylvania]], to the east by [[Delaware]], to the south by [[Virginia]] and the [[District of Columbia]], and to the west by [[West Virginia]]. It has a total area of 12,192.97 square miles.<ref name=statewebsite>http://www.maryland.gov/</ref> Its University of Maryland mascot is the terrapin, a peculiar turtle that is unique in hoe it lives in the brackish water of the [[Chesapeake Bay]].

The state Constitution of Maryland, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''.  It says in the preamble:

The state Constitution of Maryland, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''.  It says in the preamble: