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{{Infobox U.S. state
|Name                = Arkansas
|Fullname            = State of Arkansas
|Flag                = Flag of Arkansas.svg
|Flaglink            = [[Flag o Arkansas|Flag]]
|Seal                = Seal of Arkansas.svg
|Seallink            = [[Seal o Arkansas|Great Seal]] 
|Map                 = Arkansas in United States.svg
|Nickname            = The Natural State (current)<br/> The Land of Opportunity (former)
|Motto               = ''[[Regnat populus]]'' ([[Latin]]: The Fowk Rule)
|StateAnthem= [[Arkansas (song)|Arkansas]]", "[[Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me)]]", "[[Oh, Arkansas]]" an "[[The Arkansas Traveler (song)|The Arkansas Traveler]] 
|Former              = Arkansas Territory
|Capital             = [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
|OfficialLang        = Inglis
|Demonym             = [[Adjectivals an demonyms for U.S. states|Arkansan<br>Arkansawyer<br>Arkanite]]<ref>Blevins 2009, p. 2.</ref>
|LargestCity         = capital
|LargestMetro        = [[Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR Combined Statistical Area|Little Rock Metropolitan Area]]
|Governor            = [[Asa Hutchinson]] ([[R]])
|Lieutenant Governor = [[Tim Griffin]] ([[R]])
|Legislature         = [[Arkansas General Assembly|General Assembly]]
|Upperhouse          = [[Arkansas Senate|Senate]]
|Lowerhouse          = [[Arkansas House of Representatives|Hoose o Representatives]]
|Senators            = [[John Boozman]] (R)<br/>[[Tom Cotton]] (R)
|Representative      = 4 Republicans
|PostalAbbreviation  = AR
|TradAbbreviation    = Ark.
|AreaRank            = 29t
|TotalArea           = 137,733
|TotalAreaUS         = 53,179
|LandArea            = 134,856
|LandAreaUS          = 52,068
|WaterArea           = 2,876
|WaterAreaUS         = 1,110
|PCWater             = 2.09
|PopRank             = 33rd
|2010Pop             = 3,000,942 (2017 est)<ref name=PopEstUS>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/totals/2015/tables/NST-EST2015-01.csv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223235718/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/totals/2015/tables/NST-EST2015-01.csv |archive-date=December 23, 2015 |format=CSV |title=Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015 |date=December 26, 2015 |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |accessdate=December 26, 2015 }}</ref>
|MedianHouseholdIncome = $40,531
|IncomeRank          =  48t
|DensityRank         = 34t
|2000Density         = 21.8
|2000DensityUS       = 56.4
|AdmittanceOrder     = 25t
|AdmittanceDate      = 15 Juin 1836
|TimeZone            = [[Central Time Zone (North Americae)|Central]]: [[Coordinatit Universal Time|UTC]] [[Central Staundart Time|−6]]/[[Central Daylicht Time|−5]]
|Latitude            = 33° 00′ N tae 36° 30′ N
|Longitude           = 89° 39′ W tae 94° 37′ W
|Width               = 385
|WidthUS             = 239
|Length              = 420
|LengthUS            = 261
|HighestPoint        = [[Mount Magazine|Magazine Mountain]]<ref>{{cite ngs|id=FG1888|designation=Mag|accessdate = October 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name=USGS>{{cite web|url= http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html|title= Elevations and Distances in the United States|publisher= [[United States Geological Survey]]|year= 2001|accessdate= October 21, 2011|archive-date= 2011-10-15|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012701/http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html}}</ref><ref name=NAVD88 group = "lower-alpha">Elevation adjusted to [[North American Vertical Datum of 1988]].</ref>{{refn|The Geographic Names Index System (GNIS) of the [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) indicates that the official name of this feature is Magazine Mountain, not "Mount Magazine". Although not a hard and fast rule, generally "Mount X" is used for a peak and "X Mountain" is more frequently used for ridges, which better describes this feature. Magazine Mountain appears in the GNIS as a ridge,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:67051 |title= Magazine Mountain |work= [[Geographic Names Information System]] |publisher= [[United States Geological Survey]] |accessdate= January 2, 2013 |archive-date= 2020-07-26 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200726083900/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:67051 |url-status= dead }}</ref> with Signal Hill identified as its summit.<ref name="sh">{{cite web | url= https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:73578 | title= Signal Hill | work= Geographic Names Information System | publisher= United States Geological Survey | accessdate= January 2, 2013 | archive-date= 2017-04-02 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170402211612/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:73578 | url-status= dead }}</ref> "[[Mount Magazine]]" is the name used by the [[Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism]], which follows what the locals have used since the area was first settled.|group= "lower-alpha"}}
|HighestElev         = 839
|HighestElevUS       = 2,753
|MeanElev            = 200
|MeanElevUS          = 650
|LowestPoint         = [[Ouachita River]] at {{nobreak |[[Louisiana]] border}}<ref name=USGS /><ref name=NAVD88 group="lower-alpha" />
|LowestElev          = 17
|LowestElevUS        = 55
|ISOCode             = US-AR
|Website             = www.arkansas.gov
}}
'''Arkansas''' ({{IPA-endia|ˈɑːɹkənˌsɔ|Inglis pronunciation:}}) is a state locatit in the [[Soothren Unitit States|Soothren region]] o the [[Unitit States]], hame tae ower 3 million fowk as o 2017.<ref>Jones, Daniel (1997) ''English Pronouncing Dictionary'', 15th ed. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0-521-45272-4}}.</ref><ref name="wsc">{{cite web|title=Census Regions and Divisions of the United States |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf |publisher=Geography Division, United States Census Bureau |accessdate=June 23, 2012 |format=PDF|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120131930/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf |archivedate=January 20, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Its name is o [[Siouan leids|Siouan]] derivation frae the leid o the [[Osage (tribe)|Osage]] denotin thair relatit kin, the [[Quapaw]] [[Native Americans in the Unitit States|Indians]].<ref>{{cite journal |last= Lyon | first= Owen | title= The Trail of the Quapaw |journal= Arkansas Historical Quarterly | volume= 9 |date=Autumn 1950 | pages= 206–7}}</ref> The state's diverse geografie ranges frae the muntainous regions o the [[The Ozarks|Ozark]] an the [[Ouachita Muntains]], that mak up the [[U.S. Interior Hielands]], tae the densely forestit laund in the sooth kent as the [[Arkansas Timberlands]], tae the eastren lawlands alang the [[Mississippi River]] an the [[Arkansas Delta]].

Arkansas is the [[Leet o U.S. states an territories bi aurie|29t lairgest bi aurie]] an the [[Leet o U.S. states an territories bi population|33rd maist populous]] o the [[50 Unitit States]]. The caipital an maist populous ceety is [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], locatit in the central portion o the state, a hub for transportation, business, cultur, an govrenment. The northwastren corner o the state, sic as the [[Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers Metropolitan Aurie]] an [[Fort Smith metropolitan aurie]], is a population, eddication, an economic centre. The lairgest ceety in the state's eastren pairt is [[Jonesboro, Arkansas|Jonesboro]]. The lairgest ceety in the state's sootheastren pairt is [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|Pine Bluff]].

The [[Territory o Arkansas]] wis [[admittit tae the Union]] as the 25t state on 15 Juin 1836.<ref>{{cite journal |last= Cash |first= Marie |title= Arkansas Achieves Statehood |journal= Arkansas Historical Quarterly |volume= 2 | date= December 1943 }}</ref> In 1861, Arkansas widrew frae the Unitit States an jynt the [[Confederate States o Americae]] in the [[American Ceevil War|Ceevil War]]. On returnin tae the Union in 1868, the state conteena'd tae suffer due tae its earlier reliance on [[sclavery]] an the [[plantation economy]], causin the state tae faw behind economically an socially. [[White American|White]] rural interests conteena'd tae dominate the state's politics till the [[ceevil richts muivement]]. Arkansas begoud tae diversify its economy follaein [[Warld War II]] an lippens on its service industrie, aircraft, poutrie, steel, tourism, cotton, an rice.

The [[cultur o Arkansas]] is observable in museums, theatres, novelles, telly shaws, restaurants, an athletic venues athort the state. Arkansas's endurin eemage haes earned the state "a special place in the American consciousness".{{Sfn | Blevins | 2009 | p = 4}} Fowk sic as politeecian an eddicational advocate [[William Fulbright]]; umwhile Preses [[Bill Clinton]] that served as the 40t an 42nt Govrenor o Arkansas; his wife, umwhile [[Unitit States Secretar o State|Secretar o State]] [[Hillary Clinton|Hillary Rodham Clinton]]; umwhile [[NATO]] [[Supreme Allied Commander]] General [[Wesley Clark]], Walmart magnate [[Sam Walton]];<ref>{{cite web |last= Parker |first= Suzy |title= Arkansas's hillbilly image persists into 21st century |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/25/us-hillbilly-arkansas-idUSTRE78O2UT20110925 |location= Little Rock, AR |date= September 25, 2011 |publisher= Reuters |access-date= 2018-10-25 |archive-date= 2015-09-24 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924155357/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/25/us-hillbilly-arkansas-idUSTRE78O2UT20110925 |url-status= dead }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924155357/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/25/us-hillbilly-arkansas-idUSTRE78O2UT20110925 |date=2015-09-24 }}</ref> sangster-sangwriters [[Johnny Cash]] an [[Glen Campbell]]; the poet [[Carolyn D. Wright|C. D. Wright]]; an pheesicist [[William L. McMillan]], that wis a pioneer in superconductor resairch; hae aw leeved in Arkansas.

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