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Louisiana is a state in the of the that is known for its culture that dominates in the part of the state. The state of Louisiana is bordered to the west by Texas, to the north by Arkansas, to the east by the state of Mississippi, and to the south by the Gulf of Mexico.
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Way down yonder in , you'll find the roots of jazz and a blossoming culture that is unlike anything else on Earth. Here, the laid-back atmosphere of the riverfront South has mixed with French sophistication, Spanish style, and African-American energy to create something greater than the sum of its parts.

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is the capital of Louisiana, USA. Located on the east bank of the mighty , is Louisiana's second largest city, home of Louisiana State University, major port facilities, and a variety of attractions.

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is the largest city in , part of the twin city metro of Shreveport-Bossier City, and is considered the principal city in the three-state region known as the "Ark-La-Tex." It has about 188,000 residents, and is in the area of the state designated as the Sportsman's Paradise.

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is a region of Louisiana, in the south and south west of the state. It is sometimes called "Cajun Country", noted for its distinctive culture. This is the birthplace of Cajun cuisine, Cajun music, and Zydeco music.

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is a region centered on , Louisiana's biggest city and top visitor attraction, and encompassing the south east part of the state, including the lower , smaller cities and towns, bayous, wetlands, and nature preserves.

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North Louisiana, also known as the "Sportsman's Paradise" region, comprises the portion of Louisiana north of Sabine, Natchitoches, Grant, LaSalle, Catahoula, and Concordia Parishes.

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is a region in Louisiana. This area is also known as Cenla or the Crossroads.

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is a region in the eastern part of Louisiana, running from the east bank of the to the state line. It includes the state capital of and the area on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, just north of .

Louisiana

Latitude of center
30.8704° or 30° 52′ 13″ north
Longitude of center
-92.0071° or 92° 0′ 26″ west
Population
4,600,000
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Abbreviation
“LA”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316961033
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
4331987
Wiki­data ID
Q1588
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zhuang—“Louisiana” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Louisiana”
  • Afrikaans: “Staat Louisiana”
  • Albanian: “Louisiana”
  • Albanian: “Luiziana”
  • Amharic: “ሉዊዚያና”
  • Arabic: “لويزيانا”
  • Aragonese: “Loisiana”
  • Armenian: “Լուիզիանա”
  • Arpitan: “Louisiana”
  • Asturian: “estáu de Louisiana”
  • Asturian: “Louisiana”
  • Aymara: “Louisiana suyu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Luiziana”
  • Balinese: “Louisiana”
  • Basque: “Louisiana”
  • Bavarian: “Louisiana”
  • Belarusian: “Луізіяна”
  • Belarusian: “Луізыяна”
  • Bengali: “লুইজিয়ানা”
  • Betawi: “Luisiana”
  • Bhojpuri: “लुइसियाना”
  • Bishnupriya: “লুইসিয়ানা”
  • Bislama: “Louisiana”
  • Bosnian: “Louisiana”
  • Breton: “Louisiana”
  • Breton: “Louiziana”
  • Bulgarian: “Луизиана”
  • Burmese: “လူဝီစီယားနားပြည်နယ်”
  • Cajun French: “État de la Louisiane”
  • Cajun French: “État de Louisiane”
  • Cajun French: “Louisiane”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Louisiana”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Luisiana”
  • Catalan: “Louisiana”
  • Catalan: “Luisiana”
  • Cebuano: “Louisiana”
  • Central Bikol: “Louisiana”
  • Central Kurdish: “لووئیزیانا”
  • Central Kurdish: “لویزیانا”
  • Chavacano: “Louisiana”
  • Chechen: “Луизиана”
  • Cherokee: “ᎷᏫᏏᎡᎾ”
  • Cherokee: “ᎷᏫᏏᏰᎾ”
  • Chinese: “Louisiana”
  • Chinese: “路易斯安那州”
  • Chuvash: “Луизиана”
  • Cornish: “Louisiana”
  • Corsican: “Luisiana”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Luiziana”
  • Croatian: “Louisiana”
  • Czech: “Louisiana”
  • Czech: “State of Louisiana”
  • Dagbani: “Louisiana”
  • Danish: “Louisiana”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Louisiana”
  • Dutch: “LA”
  • Dutch: “Louisiana”
  • Eastern Mari: “Луизиана”
  • Eastern Mari: “Луизиане”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لويزيانا”
  • Esperanto: “La Dekoka Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “LA”
  • Esperanto: “Luiziano”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝtato Luiziano”
  • Estonian: “Louisiana osariik”
  • Estonian: “Louisiana”
  • Ewe: “Louisiana”
  • Faroese: “Louisiana”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Louisiana”
  • Finnish: “Louisiana”
  • French: “18e État”
  • French: “État de la Louisiane”
  • French: “État de Louisiane”
  • French: “État du Pélican”
  • French: “la Louisiane”
  • French: “LA”
  • French: “Louisiane”
  • French: “US-LA”
  • Gagauz: “Louisiana”
  • Gagauz: “Luiziana”
  • Galician: “Louisiana”
  • Galician: “Luisiana”
  • Georgian: “ლუიზიანა”
  • German: “Louisiana”
  • Gothic: “𐌻𐌿𐌴𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌰𐌽𐌰”
  • Gothic: “𐌻𐌿𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌹𐌰𐌽𐌰”
  • Greek: “Λουιζιάνα”
  • Greek: “Πολιτεία της Λουιζιάνας”
  • Guarani: “Luisiana”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Lalwizyann”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Lwizyann”
  • Gujarati: “લ્યુઇસિયાના”
  • Haitian: “Eta Lwizyàn”
  • Haitian: “LA”
  • Haitian: “Lwiziana”
  • Haitian: “Lwizyàn”
  • Haitian: “Lwizyana”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Louisiana”
  • Hausa: “Louisiana”
  • Hawaiian: “Luikiana”
  • Hebrew: “לואיזיאנה”
  • Hindi: “लुइसियाना”
  • Hindi: “लुईज़ियाना”
  • Hungarian: “Louisiana”
  • Icelandic: “Louisiana”
  • Ido: “Louisiana”
  • Igbo: “Luwisiánà”
  • Iloko: “Louisiana”
  • Inari Sami: “Louisiana”
  • Indonesian: “Louisiana”
  • Interlingua: “Louisiana”
  • Interlingue: “Louisiana”
  • Inuktitut: “ᓗᐄᓰᐋᓈ”
  • Inupiaq: “Louisiana”
  • Inupiaq: “Luisiana”
  • Irish: “Louisiana”
  • Italian: “Louisiana”
  • Japanese: “ルイジアナ州”
  • Javanese: “Louisiana”
  • Kabiyè: “Luwiiziyaaana”
  • Kabiyè: “Luwiiziyaana”
  • Kabyle: “Louisiana”
  • Kalmyk: “Лувизән”
  • Kannada: “ಲೂಯಿಸಿಯಾನ”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Луизиана”
  • Kashmiri: “لوزیانا”
  • Kazakh: “Луизиана”
  • Kirghiz: “Луизиана”
  • Komering: “Louisiana”
  • Korean: “루이지애나”
  • Korean: “루이지애나주”
  • Kurdish: “Louisiana”
  • Ladin: “Louisiana”
  • Ladino: “Luisiana”
  • Latin: “Ludovicia”
  • Latin: “Ludoviciana”
  • Latvian: “Luiziāna”
  • Ligurian: “Louisiann-a”
  • Limburgan: “Louisiana”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Louisiana”
  • Literary Chinese: “路易斯安那州”
  • Lithuanian: “Luiziana”
  • Lombard: “Louisiana”
  • Low German: “Louisiana”
  • Luxembourgish: “LA”
  • Luxembourgish: “Louisiana”
  • Luxembourgish: “Staat Louisiana”
  • Luxembourgish: “US-LA”
  • Macedonian: “Луизијана”
  • Maithili: “लुजियाना”
  • Malagasy: “Louisiana”
  • Malay: “Louisiana”
  • Malayalam: “ലുയീസിയാന”
  • Manipuri: “ꯂꯧꯏꯁꯤꯌꯥꯅꯥ”
  • Manx: “Louisiana”
  • Maori: “Louisiana”
  • Maori: “Rōeihīana”
  • Marathi: “लुईझियाना”
  • Mazanderani: “لوئیزیانا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Louisiana”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Louisiana”
  • Mingrelian: “ლუიზიანა”
  • Mongolian: “Луизиана”
  • Mongolian: “Луйзиана”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لويزيانا”
  • Narom: “Louisiane”
  • Narom: “Louisianne”
  • Nauru: “Louisiana”
  • Navajo: “Tónteel Biihílį́ Hahoodzo”
  • Nepali: “लुइजियाना”
  • Nepali: “लुजियाना”
  • Newari: “लुइजियाना”
  • Northern Frisian: “Louisiana”
  • Northern Luri: “لوئیزیانا”
  • Northern Sami: “Louisiana”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “La.”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “LA”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Louisiana”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Louisiana”
  • Norwegian: “Louisiana”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estat de Loïsiana”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “LA”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Loïsiana”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Louisiana”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hloðwiganland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Louisiāna”
  • Ossetian: “Луизианæ”
  • Pali: “लुइजियाना”
  • Pampanga: “Louisiana”
  • Panjabi: “ਲੂਈਜ਼ੀਆਨਾ”
  • Papiamento: “Louisiana”
  • Persian: “لوئیزیانا”
  • Picard: “Louisiane”
  • Piemontese: “Luisian-a”
  • Polish: “Luizjana”
  • Portuguese: “Louisiana”
  • Portuguese: “Luisiana”
  • Pushto: “لویزیانا”
  • Quechua: “Louisiana suyu”
  • Romanian: “Louisiana”
  • Romansh: “Louisiana”
  • Russia Buriat: “Луизиана”
  • Russian: “Луизиана”
  • Samogitian: “Luizėana”
  • Sanskrit: “लुईजियाना”
  • Sardinian: “Louisiana”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Louisiana”
  • Scots: “Louisiana”
  • Scots: “State o Louisiana”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Louisiana”
  • Serbian: “Луизијана”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Louisiana”
  • Sicilian: “Louisiana”
  • Sicilian: “Luisiana”
  • Silesian: “Luizjana”
  • Sindhi: “لوئزيانا”
  • Sinhala: “ලුසියානා”
  • Skolt Sami: “Louisiana”
  • Slovak: “Louisiana”
  • Slovenian: “Louisiana”
  • Somali: “Louisiana”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لوئیزیانا ایالتی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لوئیزیانا”
  • Spanish: “Estado 18”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Louisiana”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Luisiana”
  • Spanish: “la Luisiana”
  • Spanish: “LA”
  • Spanish: “Louisiana”
  • Spanish: “Luisiana (Estados Unidos)”
  • Spanish: “Luisiana”
  • Swahili: “Louisiana”
  • Swedish: “Louisiana”
  • Tagalog: “Louisiana”
  • Tagalog: “Luwisiyana”
  • Tajik: “Луизиана”
  • Talysh: “Luiziana”
  • Tamil: “லூசியானா”
  • Tamil: “லூயிசியானா”
  • Tatar: “Луизиана”
  • Telugu: “లూసియానా”
  • Thai: “รัฐลุยเซียนา”
  • Thai: “หลุยส์เซียนา”
  • Tibetan: “ལུའི་ཟི་ཨཱན་ནཱ།”
  • Tumbuka: “Louisiana”
  • Turkish: “La.”
  • Turkish: “LA”
  • Turkish: “Louisiana eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Louisiana, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri”
  • Turkish: “Louisiana”
  • Turkish: “State of Louisiana”
  • Turkish: “US-LA”
  • Uighur: “Loyizanna Shitati”
  • Ukrainian: “Луїзіана”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Louisiana”
  • Urdu: “لوزیانا”
  • Urdu: “لوویزیانا”
  • Uzbek: “Luiziana”
  • Venetian: “Louisiana”
  • Venetian: “Louiziana”
  • Vietnamese: “Louisiana”
  • Vlaams: “Louisiana”
  • Vlax Romani: “Louisiana”
  • Volapük: “Louisiana”
  • Walloon: “Louwiziane”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Louisiana”
  • Welsh: “Louisiana”
  • Western Frisian: “Louisiana”
  • Western Mari: “Луизиана”
  • Western Panjabi: “لوئزیانا”
  • Wu Chinese: “路易斯安那州”
  • Xhosa: “ILuwiziyana”
  • Yakut: “Луизиана”
  • Yiddish: “לואיזיאנא”
  • Yoruba: “Louisiana”
  • Yue Chinese: “路易斯安那州”
  • Zeeuws: “Louisiana”
  • Zhuang: “Louisiana”
  • “LA”
  • “Louisiana”
  • “Luiśiàna”
  • “Luizėana”
  • “ma Luwisijan”
  • “ma Luwisijana”
  • “US-LA”
  • “लुइसियाना”

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