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| NORTH CAROLINA |
North
Carolina, one of the thirteen original
States, is bounded by Virginia, Atlantic
Ocean, South Carolina, Georgia and
Tennessee; gross area, 52,426 sq. miles;
land area, 48,740 sq. miles; water area,
3,686 sq. miles; capital, Raleigh.
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The surface
is mountainous in the western portion of
the State, while the eastern and larger
portion of the State is an undulating
country descending toward the low and
sandy coast. The coast line has a length
of 400 miles, and consists of a range of
low islands and sand bars.
The
principal farm crops are peanuts, rice,
cotton, tobacco, corn, wheat, oats, rye,
buckwheat, potatoes and hay.
The
principal mineral productions are coal,
gold, silver, sheet mica, scrap mica,
mineral water, talc and soapstone,
granite, sandstone and clay products.
Other important mineral resources are
phosphate rock, alum, sapphires,
amethysts, emeralds, garnets and
tourmalines.
The chief
manufactures include cotton goods,
fertilizers, flour, furniture, leather,
lumber, oil, tar and tobacco.
The climate
of the State is varied. In the low
country it is warm and moist; on the
mountains, cool and dry. Frosts are light
and seldom occur before November.
Population
in 1910, 1,098,476 males and 1,107,811
females, of whom 2,200,195 were of native
and 6,092 of foreign birth; white,
1,500,511; negro, 697,843; Indian, 7,851;
Chinese, 80; Japanese, 2. Total
population, 2,206,287. |
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