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Rhode Island State Information

State Abbreviation - RI
State Capital - Providence
Largest City - Providence
Area - 1,545 square miles square miles [Rhode Island is the smallest state in the USA]
Population - 1,048,319 (as of 2000) [Rhode Island is the 43rd most populous state in the USA]
Name for Residents - Rhode Islanders
Major Industries - textiles, jewelry, rubber products, machinery, tourism

Major Rivers - Sakonnet River
Major Lakes - Scituate Reservoir
Highest Point - Jerimoth Hill - 812 feet (247 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York (water border)
Bordering Bodies of Water - Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island Sound, Atlantic Ocean

Origin of the Name Rhode Island - Rhode Island was either named for the Isle of Rhodes (in the Mediterranean Sea) or for its red clay (the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block may have named it "Rood Eylandt" meaning Red Island, in Dutch).
State Nickname - The Ocean State, Little Rhody
State Motto - "Hope"
State Song - Rhode Island, It's for Me
 
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