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     There's only one place on earth that can claim to be the birthplace of Jazz, speak English as well as French and host the "Crawfish Capital of the World." Louisiana, to use a local recipe, is the bell pepper in America's gumbo. Louisiana evokes colorful images: wrought iron gates and bright pink stucco in New Orleans' Garden District, raucous Mardi Gras revelry up and down the Mississippi. But the reality of Louisiana is even more kaleidoscopic. Inside the air-conditioned New Orleans Superdome, you might easily think you're in Boston or Toronto. But eating crawfish at a roadside stand while watching the sun set over the bayou, you probably couldn't imagine being, or wanting to be, anywhere else but Louisiana.

     As flat as any state on the Great Plains, Louisiana's geography follows the Mississippi as it flows in from the North and empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana's residents aren't so simple. The state's hallmark Zydeco music and much of its French ambiance is the product of Cajuns - French Canadians who fled to Louisiana in the 1700s. But behind the washboard rhythms lies a deep, sultry mix of Creole, African, Spanish and Anglo influences that make Louisiana a demographer's delight.

     Now that you're moving to Louisiana, it'll help to keep the following facts in mind:

• Louisiana has a population of 4,468,976.
• Louisiana is the 31st largest state in the U.S.
• In Louisiana, it's considered simple assault to bite someone. But if you're wearing false teeth, it's considered aggravated assault.
• Louisiana doesn't have counties; instead, it's divided into parishes.
• The Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge is the tallest legislative building in the country. It's 450 feet (34 stories) tall.
• The state's name comes from early French explorers, who named it Louisiana after their King, Louis XIV.
• The famous Battle of New Orleans, which made a national hero out of Andrew Jackson, was fought two weeks after the War of 1812 ended. Word of the peace deal hadn't yet reached Louisiana.
• Louisiana's economy is thriving and diverse: tourism brings in hundreds of millions of dollars each year, as does trade through the Port of New Orleans. Louisiana also processes and refines much of the oil pumped by offshore rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.