FACTS about
OKLAHOMA !!
The name "Oklahoma"
comes from the Choctaw words:
"okla"
meaning
people and "humma"
meaning red,
so the state's name literally means "red
people."
oklahoma became the 46th state in the union on
nov. 16, 1907
state bird
is
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
state flower
is Mistletoe
state tree
is Redbud
nickname:
the SOONER
state
State motto:
"Labor
omnia vincit"
(labor conquers all
things)
(Labor conquers all things)
The Oklahoma
STATE
Flag honors
more than 60
groups of
Native
Americans and
their ancestors. The blue field comes
from a flag carried by Choctaw soldiers during the
civil war.
The center shield
is the battle shield of an Osage warrior.
It is made of buffalo hide and
decorated with eagle feathers.
Two symbols of peace lie across the shield. One is the calumet,
or peace
pipe. The other is an olive branch. Crosses on the shield
are Native American
signs for stars, representing high ideals.
Oklahoma is the third largest
gas-producing
state in the nation.
Oklahoma has more man-made lakes than any other state, with over one million surface acres of water and 2,000 more miles of shoreline than the Atlantic and Gulf coasts combined.
Oklahoma ranks fourth in the nation in the production of all wheat, fourth in cattle and calf production; fifth in the production of pecans; sixth in peanuts and eighth in peaches.
Forests cover approximately 24 percent of Oklahoma
Oklahoma has 43 colleges and universities.Oklahoma has a land area of 69,919 square miles and
ranks 18 in the nation in size.
- Oklahoma's two most populous cities are Oklahoma City,
with 463,201 residents, and Tulsa with 374,851. The next largest cities are Norman, with a population of 87,290 and
Lawton, which has 86,028 people.