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Arkansas （/ˈɑːrkənsɔː/） is a state in the South Central region of the United States, home to more than three million people as of 2018.
Its name is from the Osage language, a Dhegiha Siouan language, and referred to their relatives, the Quapaw people.
The state’s diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the densely forested land in the south known as the Arkansas Timberlands,
to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta.
Arkansas is the 29th largest by area and the 33rd most populous U.S. state.
The capital and most populous city is Little Rock, in the central part of the state, a hub for transportation, business, culture, and government.
The northwestern corner of the state, including the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers Metropolitan Area and Fort Smith metropolitan area, is a population, education, and economic center.
The largest city in the state’s eastern part is Jonesboro.
The largest city in the state’s southeastern part is Pine Bluff.
Previously part of French Louisiana and the Louisiana Purchase, the Territory of Arkansas was admitted to the Union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836.
Much of the Delta had been developed for cotton plantations, and landowners there largely depended on enslaved African Americans’ labor.
In 1861, Arkansas seceded from the United States and joined the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
On returning to the Union in 1868, Arkansas continued to suffer economically, due to its overreliance on the large-scale plantation economy.
Cotton remained the leading commodity crop, and the cot…
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