Alabama [State] - Alabama

Japanese: アラバマ[州] - アラバマ

Ala., AL, is an agricultural and industrial state located in the center of the southern United States. The central to south and northwestern parts of the state belong to the Gulf Coast Plain, while the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains stretches to the northeast. Generally, the state is warm and rainy. Cotton and corn are the main agricultural products, and the state is also known as the "Cotton State." Livestock farming is also practiced. Blessed with iron ore and coal, it is the largest steel-producing state in the south. The black population rate is 25.3% (1990). Initially colonized by Spain and France. In 1783, it became a British territory and then a US territory. It joined the Union in 1819. In the 1950s, the civil rights movement centered around Martin Luther King Jr. developed. The state capital is Montgomery. The largest city is Birmingham. Area is 131,171 ^km2 . Population is 4,849,377 (2014).

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Japanese:

米国南部の中心に位置する農・工業州。略称Ala.，AL。中部以南と北西部はメキシコ湾海岸平野に属し，北東部にアパラチア山脈南端がのびる。全般に温暖多雨。綿花，トウモロコシが主要農産物で〈コットン・ステート〉と呼ばれることもある。畜産も行われる。鉄鉱石，石炭に恵まれ，南部最大の製鉄州。黒人人口比率25.3％（1990）。初めスペイン，フランスが植民。1783年，英領から米領へ。1819年連邦加入。1950年代にはキング牧師を中心とした公民権運動が展開された。州都モンゴメリー。最大都市バーミングハム。13万1171km²。484万9377人（2014）。

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