See soorce fer Appalachie

Appalachie is a region i the eastren [[Unitit States]]. As a geographic region, Appalachie gangs aw the wye fae [[Quebec]] i [[Canadae]] doun tae [[Georgie, Unitit States|Georgie]] i [[Unitit States|Americae]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-09-12|title=Appalachian Mountains {{!}} Definition, Map, Location, Trail, & Facts {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Appalachian-Mountains|access-date=2023-10-02|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref>, bit as a cultural region, Appalachie is main thocht ae as bein i eastren [[Kentucky]], eastren [[Tennessee]], suth-wastren [[Virginie]], wastren [[North Carolina]], an the hale steet ae [[Wast Virginie]]. Surroondin airts, sich as [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie]], an suth-eastren [[Ohio]], is alsae consithert by monny tae be a pairt of Appalachie. The Appalachien Regional Commission consithers Appalachie fir tae be a area fae suthren [[New York]] doun tae northren [[Mississippi]]. Accordin til the ARC's definition, thay is 423 coonties i Appalachie.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About the Appalachian Region|url=https://www.arc.gov/about-the-appalachian-region/|url-status=live|website=arc.gov}}</ref>  

Appalachie is weel-kent as a region afflicted wi povert, especial the airts whaur the local economies haes deipendit oan the coal minin industrie.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nearly 60 years after the war on poverty, why is Appalachia still struggling?|url=https://www.bellarmine.edu/magazine/article/magazine-2021/2021/10/28/nearly-60-years-after-the-war-on-poverty-why-is-appalachia-still-struggling/|access-date=2023-10-02|website=www.bellarmine.edu}}</ref> The ARC haes a economic-rankin system, fae "distressed" (the warst) til attainment (the best.) Accordin til the ARC, 82 coonties is "distressed," 109 is "at-risk," 218 is "transitional," 10 is "competitive," an anely 4 is at "attainment."<ref>{{Cite web|title=County Economic Status in Appalachia, FY 2023|url=https://www.arc.gov/map/county-economic-status-in-appalachia-fy-2023/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Appalachie wis settlet i the 1700s an 1800s by monny fowk aff [[Northumbrie byleid|Northumbrie]], [[Norlin Airlan|Northren Airlann]], an the [[Scots Lawlands]]. Thir settlers brocht wi thaim their auld-warld culturs an traditions, whit survive i modren Appalachien cultur the day.<ref>{{Cite web|title=In the Mountains: The Scots-Irish heritage in Appalachia|url=https://www.lmc.edu/about/news-center/articles/2022/in-the-mountains-the-scots-irish-heritage-in-appalachia.htm|access-date=2023-10-02|website=www.lmc.edu}}</ref>