| Capital
City: |
Hartford |
|
| Nickname: |
Constitution
State / Provision State / Nutmeg State |
| Motto: |
Qui transtulit
sustinet
(He who transplanted still sustains) |
| Statehood: |
January 9, 1788
(5th) |
| Origin
of state's name: |
Based on the
Mohegan word, Quinnehtukqut, meaning "Long River Place" or
"Beside the Long Tidal River" |
| Largest
Cities: |
Bridgeport,
Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury |
| Border
States: |
Massachusetts,
New York, Rhode Island |
| Land
Area: |
4,845 sq. mi.;
48th largest |
| State
Bird: |
Robin |
| State
Flower: |
Mountain laurel
(kalmia latifolia) |
| State
Tree: |
White Oak (quercus
alba) |
| State
Song: |
Yankee Doodle |
| E-mail
your Congressperson: |
U.S. House: 110th
Congress
U.S. Senate: 110th
Congress
Or look up your Congressperson in the Congressional
Directory database! |
