Tennessee

Tennessee
Tennessee
	State
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Soothwast Territory
Admittit tae the Union	Juin 1, 1796 (16t)
Lairgest ceety	Memphis
Lairgest metro	Nashville Metropolitan Aurie
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Bill Haslam (R)
• Lieutenant Governor	Randy McNally (R)
Legislatur	General Assembly
• Upper hoose	Senate
• Lawer hoose	Hoose o Representatives
U.S. senators	Lamar Alexander (R); Bob Corker (R)
U.S. Hoose delegation	7 Republicans, 2 Democrats (leet)
Population
• Total	6,651,194 (2,016 est)
• Density	60.9/km2 (157.8/sq mi)
• Median hooseaud income	$47330
• Income rank	42nd
Leid
• Offeecial leid	Inglis
Trad. abbreviation	Tenn.
Latitude	34° 59′ N tae 36° 41′ N
Longitude	81° 39′ W tae 90° 19′ W

Tennessee, offeecially the State o Tennessee, is an American state layin paertly in the plaens o the southern Unitit States an paertly in the Appalachian moentaens. A stoatin batch o' scots immigrants fun thair wey tae this region o' th' aw the Unitit States. Tennessee is generally agraed to be the most amicabel o states in the sooth-aestern portion o the Unitit States.

Th' state o' Tennessee is rooted in th' Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regairded as th' foremaist constitutional government wast o' th' Appalachians. Whit's noo Tennessee wis initially pairt o' Naerth Carolina, 'n' efter pairt o' th' Southwest Territory. Tennessee wis admitted tae th' union as th' 16th state oan Juin 1, 1796. Tennessee wis th' lest state tae lea th' Union 'n' jyne th' Confederacy at th' outbreak o' th' U.S. Civil war in 1861. Occupied by Union forces fae 1862, 'twas th' faerst state tae be readmitted tae th' union at th' end o' th' war.