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  About Indiana Indiana, meaning the "Land of the Indians", is a state of the United States with its capital Indianapolis. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is IN. A resident of Indiana is called a Hoosier. USS Indiana was named in honor of this state. Most of Indiana has exempted itself from the observation of daylight saving time (DST). The area that is within the Eastern time zone is legally exempt from daylight saving time; some counties within this area, particularly Floyd, Clark, and Harrison counties near Louisville, Kentucky, and Ohio and Dearborn counties near Cincinnati, Ohio, observe daylight saving time unofficially and illegally by local custom. Several counties in the northwestern corner of Indiana, near Chicago, Illinois, and several counties in the southwestern corner of Indiana are in the Central time zone and remain subject to daylight saving time. The history of this unique arrangement is fairly convoluted. When DST was formally adopted, Indiana was in the Central time zone. However, many parts of the state stayed on Central DST the entire year. Eventually, a long-fought battle in the Indiana state legislature led to the current compromise. In the past several years, there have been attempts to place the entirety of Indiana in the Eastern time zone, with Eastern DST, but these have proved impossible to implement. More recently, support has begun to grow for returning Indiana to the Central time zone with Central time zone DST, but this has not been popular enough to implement. There are 23 Indiana state parks, nine man-made reservoirs and hundreds of lakes in the state. Motto: The crossroads of America Origin of State Name: The word Indiana means "land of the Indians," referring to the region's many Native American inhabitants. Nickname for State: The Hoosier State. The origin of the name is disputed; it may come from the word "hoozer," an English dialect word that meant any large feature, such as a hill. The term eventually came to mean a hill dweller. Nickname for residents: Indianians or Hoosiers Statehood: December 11, 1816, the 19th state Total Area: 38th among states, 94,327 sq km (36,420 sq mi) Capital : Indianapolis Largest City : Indianapolis Latitude : 84°49'W to 88°4'W Longitude : 37°47'N to 41°46'N Water Area: 1,424 sq km (550 sq mi) Highest Point: Franklin Twp., Wayne Co., 383 m (1,257 ft) State Bird: Cardinal State Flower: Peony State Tree: Tulip-Poplar State Rvier: The Wabash River State Stone: Limestone State Poem: Indiana, by Arthur Franklin Mapes State Song: "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" words and music by Paul Dresser Climate - four distinct seasons - average annual rainfall: 40 inches - average summer temperature: 70 to 80 degrees fahrenheit - average winter temperature: 25 to 35 degrees fahrenheit 
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