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Capital	Charleston
Nickname	Mountain State
Motto	Montani Semper Liberi (Mountaineers Are Always Free)
Statehood	June 20, 1863 (35th)
Origin of State's Name	Name given to western counties of Virginia which refused to secede in 1863"
Largest Cities	Charleston, Huntington, Wheeling, Parkersburg, Morgantown
Border States	Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Area	24,087 sq. mi., 41st largest
State Bird	Cardinal
State Flower	Big Rhododendron (rhododendron maximum)
State Tree	Sugar Maple (acer saccharum)
State Songs	West Virginia, My Home, Sweet Home, The West Virginia Hills, This Is My West Virginia
In 1861, Virginians in the northwestern part of the state defied Virginia's secession from the United States. The region chose to remain in the Union and form a new state. West Virginia was admitted as the 35th state into the Union in 1863, after conditions requiring the gradual emancipation of slaves had been met. The state motto is "Mountaineers are always free", and West Virginia lives up to its nickname of the "Mountain State". With an average altitude of 1,500 feet above sea level, it's the highest of any state east of the Mississippi River. For a long time, West Virginia was a leading producer of coal in North America, but many people left to pursue better employment opportunities. That trend has turned around, and now the state's economy is in a more stable condition. West Virginia, in the Appalachian Highlands, has some of the most rugged land in the United States. The state has very few large areas of level ground, except for strips of valley land that lie along the larger rivers. Forests of valuable hardwood trees grow on the mountain slopes and vast mineral deposits lie under the ground. Beautiful scenery, mineral springs and a variety of wildlife attracts tourists, campers, hunters and fishing enthusiasts.

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