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 Alabama is nicknamed the ''[[Northern flicker|Yellowhammer]] State'', after the [[List of U.S. state birds|state bird]]. Alabama is also known as the "Heart of [[Dixie]]" and the "Cotton State". The state has diverse geography, with the north dominated by the mountainous [[Tennessee Valley]] and the south by [[Mobile Bay]], a historically significant port. Alabama's capital is [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]], and its largest city by population and area is [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]].<ref name="al.com">{{Cite web|date=August 12, 2021|title=Huntsville rockets past Birmingham in Census, now Alabama's largest city|url=https://www.al.com/news/2021/08/huntsville-rockets-past-birmingham-in-2020-census-now-alabamas-largest-city.html|access-date=August 12, 2021|website=al|language=en|archive-date=August 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812230342/https://www.al.com/news/2021/08/huntsville-rockets-past-birmingham-in-2020-census-now-alabamas-largest-city.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Its oldest city is [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], founded by [[French colonization of the Americas|French colonists]] ([[Alabama Creole people|Alabama Creoles]]) in 1702 as the capital of [[Louisiana (New France)|French Louisiana]].<ref name="pelican">{{cite book |last=Thomason |first=Michael |title=Mobile: The New History of Alabama's First City|year=2001 |publisher=University of Alabama Press|location=Tuscaloosa|isbn=978-0-8173-1065-3|pages=2–21}}</ref><ref name="meltonmclaurin">{{cite book |title=Mobile the life and times of a great Southern city|author=Melton McLaurin, Michael Thomason|year=1981|edition=1st|publisher=Windsor Publications|location=United States of America|pages=12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41. 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 88, 92, 105, 119, 120, 123}}</ref> [[Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama|Greater Birmingham]] is Alabama's largest metropolitan area and its economic center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alabamanewscenter.com/2018/08/31/alabamas-largest-county-looks-to-continue-economic-development-momentum/|title=Alabama's largest county looks to continue economic development momentum|date=August 31, 2018|access-date=September 21, 2020|archive-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021223215/https://alabamanewscenter.com/2018/08/31/alabamas-largest-county-looks-to-continue-economic-development-momentum/|url-status=live}}</ref> Politically, as part of the [[Deep South]], or "[[Bible Belt]]", Alabama is a predominantly [[conservatism in the United States|conservative]] state, and is known for its [[Culture of the Southern United States|Southern culture]]. Within Alabama, [[American football]], particularly at the [[college football|college]] level, plays a major part of the state's culture.
-Originally home to many native tribes, present-day Alabama was a Spanish territory beginning in the sixteenth century until the French acquired it in the early eighteenth century. The British won the territory in 1763 until losing it in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Spain held Mobile as part of [[Spanish West Florida]] until 1813. In December 1819, Alabama was recognized as a state. During the antebellum period, Alabama was a major [[Cotton production in the United States|producer of cotton]], and widely used [[African Americans|African American]] [[Slavery in the United States|slave labor]]. In 1861, the state seceded from the United States to become part of the [[Confederate States of America]], with Montgomery acting as its first capital, and rejoined the Union in 1868. Following the [[American Civil War]], Alabama would suffer decades of economic hardship, in part due to agriculture and a few [[cash crops]] being the main driver of the state's economy. Similar to other former slave states, Alabamian legislators employed [[Jim Crow laws]] from the late 19th century up until the 1960s. High-profile events such as the [[Selma to Montgomery marches]] made the state a major focal point of the [[civil rights movement]] in the 1950s and 1960s.
+Originally home to many native tribes, present-day Alabama was a Spanish territory beginning in the sixteenth century until the French acquired it in the early eighteenth century. The British won the territory in 1763 until losing it in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Spain held Mobile as part of [[Spanish West Florida]] until 1813. In December 1819, Alabama was recognized as a state. During the antebellum period, Alabama was a major [[Cotton production in the United States|producer of cotton]], and widely used [[African Americans|African American]] [[Slavery in the United States|slave labor]]. In 1861, the state seceded from the United States to become part of the [[Confederate States of America]], with Montgomery acting as its first capital, and rejoined the Union in 1868. Following the American Civil War, Alabama would suffer decades of economic hardship, in part due to agriculture and a few [[cash crops]] being the main driver of the state's economy. Similar to other former slave states, Alabamian legislators employed [[Jim Crow laws]] from the late 19th century up until the 1960s. High-profile events such as the [[Selma to Montgomery marches]] made the state a major focal point of the [[civil rights movement]] in the 1950s and 1960s.
 During and after [[World War II]], Alabama grew as the state's [[Economic diversity|economy diversified]] with new industries. In 1960, the establishment of [[NASA]]'s [[Marshall Space Flight Center]] in Huntsville helped boost Alabama's economic growth by developing a local [[aerospace]] industry. Alabama's economy in the 21st century is based on automotive, finance, tourism, manufacturing, aerospace, mineral extraction, healthcare, education, retail, and technology.<ref name="alaindustrial">{{cite web |url=http://www2.dir.alabama.gov/projections/Occupational/Proj2018/Statewide/alabama2008_2018.pdf |title=Alabama Occupational Projections 2008–2018 |website=Alabama Department of Industrial Relations |publisher=State of Alabama |access-date=September 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117053325/http://www2.dir.alabama.gov/projections/Occupational/Proj2018/Statewide/alabama2008_2018.pdf |archive-date=January 17, 2013}}</ref>
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 === Literature ===
 {{Main|Alabama literature}}
-Alabama literature is characterized by themes of race and issues of gender and war, and is influenced by events such as the [[American Civil War]], the [[Reconstruction era]], the [[Civil Rights Movement]], and the [[Vietnam War]]. Some notable examples of Alabama literature include Harper Lee's ''[[To Kill A Mockingbird]]'', Winston Groom's ''[[Forrest Gump (novel)|Forrest Gump]]'', Fannie Flagg's ''[[Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe]]'', and the biographies of [[Rosa Parks]] and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]
+Alabama literature is characterized by themes of race and issues of gender and war, and is influenced by events such as the American Civil War, the [[Reconstruction era]], the [[Civil Rights Movement]], and the [[Vietnam War]]. Some notable examples of Alabama literature include Harper Lee's ''[[To Kill A Mockingbird]]'', Winston Groom's ''[[Forrest Gump (novel)|Forrest Gump]]'', Fannie Flagg's ''[[Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe]]'', and the biographies of [[Rosa Parks]] and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]
 === Sports ===