| Capital
City: |
Oklahoma City |
|
| Nickname: |
Sooner State |
| Motto: |
Labor Omnia
Vincit (Labor Conquers All Things) |
| Statehood: |
November 16,
1907 (46th) |
| Origin
of State's Name: |
Based on Choctaw
Indian words: "okla" meaning people and "humma"
meaning red." |
| Largest
Cities: |
Oklahoma City,
Tulsa, Norman, Lawton, Broken Arrow |
| Border
States: |
Arkansas,
Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Texas |
| Land
Area: |
68,679 sq. mi.,
19th largest |
| State
Bird: |
Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher |
| State
Flower: |
Mistletoe (phoradendron
serotinum) |
| State
Tree: |
Redbud (cercis
canadensis) |
| State
Song: |
Oklahoma |
| E-mail
your Congressperson: |
U.S. House: 110th
Congress
U.S. Senate: 110th
Congress
Or look up your Congressperson in the Congressional
Directory database! |
