| State Capital: | Sacramento |
| State Motto: | "Eureka" ("I have found it") |
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| Admission to U.S.: | Thirty-first State |
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| Flag Adopted: | 1911 |
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| Nickname: | The Golden State |
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| State Song: | "I Love You, California" |
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| Area: | 163,707 square miles |
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| Highest Point: | Mt. Whitney, 14,495 feet (4,418 m) above sea level |
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| Lowest Point: | Death Valley, 282 feet (86 m) below sea level |
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| State Flower: | Golden Poppy |
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| State Tree: | Giant Sequoia and California Redwood |
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| State Bird: | California Valley Quail |
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| State Fish: | Golden trout |
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| State Marine Fish: | Garibaldi |
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| State Insect: | California dog-face butterfly |
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| State Mammal: | Grizzly bear |
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| State Reptil: | Desert tortoise |
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| State Marine Mammal: | Gray whale |
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| State Fossil: | Smilodon fatalis (sabertooth tiger) |
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| State Rock: | Serpentine |
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| State Minerl: | Gold |
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| State Gem: | Benitoite |
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