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The traditional abbreviations for U.S. states and territories, widely used in mailing addresses prior to the introduction of two-letter U.S. postal abbreviations, are still commonly used for other purposes (such as legal citation), and are still recognized (though discouraged) by the Postal Service.
FIPS state codes were numeric and two-letter alphabetic codes defined in U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard Publication ("FIPS PUB") 5-2 to identify U.S. states and certain other associated areas. The standard superseded FIPS PUB 5-1 on May 28, 1987, and was superseded on September 2, 2008, by ANSI standard INCITS 38:2009.
A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from this map. This article is part of a series on.
Auditor, California State (BSA) Automotive Repair, Bureau of (BAR) Baldwin Hills Conservancy (BHC) Bar of California, State (CALBAR) Barbering and Cosmetology, Board of (BBC) Behavioral Sciences, Board of (BBS) Biodiversity Council, California (CBC) Boating and Waterways Commission, California.
ISO 3166-2:US is the entry for the United States in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1 . Currently for the United States, ISO 3166-2 codes ...
Bird. California quail. Callipepla californica. 1931. [4] Colors. Blue and gold. Blue represents the sky, and gold represents the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the state's hills. 1951.
California (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ f ɔːr n j ə ˌ-n i. ə / ⓘ KAL-ih-FORN-yə, - FOR-nee-ə) is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and the Mexican state of Baja California to the south.
Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, [8] it is part of the California State University system. The university enrolls approximately 31,500 students annually, 31,573 in Fall 2021. [9] It also has an alumni base of more than 250,000 [10] and awards 9,000 degrees annually.