North Carolina

Capitol: Raleigh


Became the 12th state
to enter the union on
Nov. 21, 1789


State flower: dogwood

State bird: cardinal

State song: "The Old North State"

State tree: pine

State motto: Esse quam videri
(To be rather than to seem)


Nickname: "Tar heel state"


Size in land area: 48,711 square miles

North Carolina City Guides

Hotels

• Asheboro
• Asheville 
• Banner Elk 
• Blowing Rock 
• Boone 
• Carolina Beach 
• Chapel Hill 
• Charlotte 
• Cherokee 
• Durham 
• Fayetteville 
• Gastonia 
• Greensboro 
• Hickory 
• High Point 
• Jacksonville 
• Kure Beach 
• Lenoir 
• Maggie Valley 
• Marion 
• Mt Airy 
• Nags Head 
• Raleigh 
• Roanoke Rapids 
• Rockingham 
• Salisbury 
• Shelby 
• Spruce Pine 
• Statesville 
• Wilkesboro 
• Winston Salem 
• Wrightsville Beach 
   
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