Arkansas [State] - Arkansas

Japanese: アーカンソー[州] - アーカンソー

A southern state in the United States. Abbreviated as Ark. or AR. The Arkansas River flows through the center from west to east, and the northern part is the Ozark Plateau. It is an agricultural state, and in recent years has produced soybeans and rice. It also has resources such as oil, coal, and bauxite, but its economic level is low. It became a U.S. territory in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase, and joined the Union in 1836. It is religiously and politically conservative. There are many black people, and in 1957 riots broke out in Little Rock over coeducational schools for whites and blacks. In 1992, Democrat Clinton became the first person from this state to be elected president. State capital: Little Rock. 134,771 ^km2 . 2,966,369 people (2014).

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Japanese:

米国南部の州。略称Ark.，AR。アーカンソー川が中央部を西から東に流れ，北部はオザーク高原。農業州で，近年は大豆や米を産する。石油，石炭，ボーキサイトなどの資源もあるが経済的水準は低い。1803年ルイジアナ購入により米領となり，1836年連邦加入。宗教的・政治的には保守的。黒人が多く1957年には白人と黒人の共学をめぐりリトル・ロックで暴動が起きた。1992年民主党のクリントンがこの州出身者としてははじめて大統領に選出された。州都リトル・ロック。13万4771km²。296万6369人（2014）。

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