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Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States of America on the rolling hills between the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. The state is the center of one of the Earth’s most productive agricultural regions. Admitted to the Union on December 28, 1846, Iowa became the 29th State. Iowa ranks 26th in total area and 30th in population among the 50 states. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the state population was 3,007,856 in 2009. Des Moines is the capital, most populous city, and center of the most populous metropolitan area of Iowa.
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United Airlines Flight 232 was a scheduled flight from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, with continuing service to Philadelphia International Airport. On July 19, 1989, the DC-10 (Registration N1819Udisaster[1]) operating the route crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa, after suffering catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine, which led to the loss of all flight controls. 111 people died in the accident while 184 survived. Despite the deaths, the accident is considered a prime example of successful crew resource management due to the manner in which the flight crew handled the emergency, and the high number of survivors considering that the airplane was landed without conventional control. The flight crew became well-known as a result of their actions that day, in particular the captain, Alfred C. Haynes, and a DC-10 instructor on board who offered his assistance, Dennis E. Fitch.
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Did you know?
- ...that the present-day city of Davenport, Iowa is named after George Davenport, a 19th-century American frontiersman, trader and US Army officer?
- ...that the August 8–9, 1993, tornado outbreak in the American Midwest spawned the most recent single tornado to cause multiple deaths in Minnesota?
- ...that the quarterbacks for the Michigan Wolverines football teams of the 19th century included a Brigadier General decorated for valor in World War I, the brother of a famous novelist, one of the founders of General Motors, the physician at a Kimberly-Clark mill, the son of the Governor of Wyoming, a steamboat builder, a Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and a sheep rancher from Walla Walla?
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The Iowa State Fair is famous for its butter cow.
Sculpture by John K. Daniels
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- USDA says mad cow disease found in cow in California
- Mitt Romney wins Iowa Caucus by eight votes over surging Rick Santorum
- On the campaign trail, December 2011
- Republican hopeful Gingrich fuels controversy over Palestinian 'invented people' remarks
- Texas governor Rick Perry to announce his presidential intentions
- U.S. Presidential candidate Fred Karger denied place at Fox News debate
- Slipknot bassist Paul Gray found dead in hotel room at age 38
- 20 years on: Sioux City, Iowa remembers crash landing that killed 111
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State of Iowa
- Date admitted to Union: December 28, 1846 (29th State)
- Demonym: Iowan
- Capital: Des Moines
- Elected state officers:
- U.S. Senators:
- Chuck Grassley (R)
- Joni Ernst (R)
- U.S. Representatives:
- Rod Blum (R)
- David Loebsack (D)
- David Young (R)
- Steve King (R)
- Total area: 56,272 square miles (145,744 km2) (23rd most extensive state)
- Highest elevation: Hawkeye Point 1,670 feet (509 m) (42nd highest state)
- Mean elevation: 1,100 feet (335 m) (22nd highest state)
- Lowest elevation: Mississippi River 480 feet (146 m) (37th lowest state)
- Population (2012 estimate): 3,074,186 (30th most populous state)
- Number of counties: 99 counties
- Number of municipalities: 947 municipalities
- Time zone: CST=UTC-06, CDT=UTC-05
- USPS code: IA
- ISO 3166 code: US-IA
- Adjacent states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota
- State government website: Iowa.gov
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| State motto: | Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain |
| State nickname: | The Hawkeye State |
| State bird: | Eastern Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) |
| State flower: | Wild Prairie Rose (Rosa pratincola) |
| State grass: | Bluebunch Wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata) |
| State tree: | Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) |
| State rock: | Geode |
| State soil: | Tama |
| State song: | The Song of Iowa |
| State tartan: | Iowa State Tartan |
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