Oklahoma [State] - Oklahoma

Japanese: オクラホマ[州] - オクラホマ

A state in the central and southern United States. Abbreviated as Okla., OK. It is located on the north bank of the Red River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, and the Arkansas River flows through the northeast. The western part is a plateau hilly area belonging to the Great Plains. The main industry is agriculture, with wheat, cotton, and sorghum being the main crops. Beef cattle are also raised. Blessed with petroleum and natural gas, the oil refining industry is well developed. It was incorporated into the United States with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, and after the 1820s, American Indians such as Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickaso, and Seminole were forcibly relocated to this area. White people settled in 1889, and it became a territory in 1890. It joined the Union in 1907. The state capital is Oklahoma City. It is located in the Bible Belt and tends to be religiously and politically conservative. It is also famous for John Steinbeck's masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath. The state has an area of 177,660 ^km2 . 3,878,051 people (2014).
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Japanese:

米国中央，南部の州。略称Okla.，OK。ミシシッピ川の支流レッド川の北岸にあり，北東部をアーカンソー川が流れる。西部はグレート・プレーンズに属する高原丘陵地。農業が主で，小麦，綿花，モロコシ類が主要産物。肉牛の畜産もある。石油，天然ガスに恵まれ，製油工業が発達している。1803年のルイジアナ購入で米国に編入，1820年代以後，チェロキー，クリーク，チョクトー，チカソ，セミノルなどのアメリカ・インディアンがこの地に強制移住させられる。1889年白人が入植，1890年準州。1907年連邦加入。州都オクラホマ・シティ。〈バイブル・ベルト〉に位置し宗教的・政治的に保守的な傾向がある。ジョン・スタインベックの代表作《怒りの葡萄》でも有名。17万7660km²。387万8051人（2014）。
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