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Commonwealth of Kentucky
　　Kentucky (English: Kentucky) is a Midwestern state, formally known as "Kentucky Alliance" (Commonwealth of Kentucky). Its area of ​​104,749 square kilometers, ranked 37 in the United States, while the population in 2005 is 4,041,769 people, the country ranked 26th.
　　Kentucky is part of Virginia during the American Revolution, to 1792 from Virginia, became the fifteenth state. Kentucky thoroughbred horse and its famous whiskey.
　　History
　　Kentucky was indigenous peoples of North America, such as the Shawnee tribe (shawnee) regarded as a solemn ritual place until 1750 so far, are not indigenous resident. In 1770, the Virginia and North Carolina colonists came to Kentucky through the Cumberland Cape mouth. Kentucky from the rapid development of the first colonial point west of the Appalachian Mountains. After the American Revolution, Virginia, to build, was part of Virginia, Kentucky went on to become Kentucky counties, but always wanted to Kentucky residents from Virginia. 1790 accepted on behalf of Kentucky for Kentucky from Virginia conditions. April 1, 1792 adoption of the Constitution of Kentucky, June 1 Kentucky joined the Union as the fifteenth state.
　　During the Civil War, Kentucky became the border between North and South Carolina. Interestingly, President Abraham Lincoln in the north and south of President Jefferson Davis who are Kentucky.
　　Geography
　　Overview and Zoning
　　Nickname Kentucky blue grass state, in the eastern United States, east of the West Virginia and Virginia, south of Tennessee, Missouri, west to the Mississippi River for the state sector. North across the Ohio River and Illinois, Indiana, Ohio River. The main rivers within the state as well as the Kentucky River, Tennessee River, Cumberland River
　　Kentucky can be divided into five regions: Pennyroyal Plateau south-east of the Cumberland Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau, north-central Bluegrass region, south-central and western, west of the mine area and the west of Jackson purchased .
　　Main cities and towns
　　Kentucky cities are:
　　* Louisville (Louisville)
　　* Covington (Covington)
　　* Lexington (Kentucky) (Lexington)
　　* Ou Wen Si Boluo (Owensboro)
　　* Turf City (Bowling Green)
　　* Frankfort (Kentucky) (Frankfort)
　　* Paducah (Paducah)
　　Famous natural landscape
　　* Cumberland Cape mouth, early American colonists crossed the main channel of the Appalachian Mountains.
　　* Cumberland Falls State Park, waterfall mist visible rainbow month.
　　* Mammoth Cave National Park, World Heritage Site, has the world's largest cave system.
　　* Red River Valley
　　* Inter Lake Road
　　* Bern forest
　　* Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Place
　　Law and Government
　　Kentucky is the government executive, legislative and judicial autonomy are three, and only defense and foreign exception. According to the state constitution, the head of the executive governor of Kentucky are entitled to dominate all matters within the state. The gubernatorial elections are every four years.
　　This state has always been supported by most people in the Democratic Party, but the Republican party long dominated the southern votes. Therefore, the overall state of the two parties can be described in this evenly matched. In 1976, 1992 and 1996 three U.S. presidential elections are won by Democrats, but in 2000 and 2004 is won by two Republicans.
　　Kentucky legal subjects modified after 1942, has been the backbone of the legal framework for the state. The state is one of the United States thirty-six retain the death penalty, usually in the form of injectable drugs to perform.
　　Economy
　　2006 Kentucky economy is worth about $ 146,000,000,000 dollars, ranking twenty-seven in the country. Kentucky industry is mainly concentrated in the state's cities and suburbs is based on agriculture dominates.
　　Generally Kentucky is dominated by agriculture, agricultural products, including horses, cattle, tobacco, soybeans, corn. Kentucky, which is the world-renowned Wrangler industry.
　　Industrial products, compared with chemicals, tobacco products, cars and appliances, and so on. Automobile production in the United States which ranked fourth, Ford depot by the United States, as well as Japan's Toyota assembly plant are _set_ in Kentucky.
　　Statewide biggest company Humana Insurance Company (en: Humana Inc) and Yum Brands Company (en: Yum Brands) are located in Louisville.
　　Population
　　Overview
　　According to the 2005 census, there are 4,173,405 people in Kentucky, an increase of 0.8% compared with 2004, an increase of 3.2% over 2000. This includes natural growth among U.S. foreign immigrants and migrants from other states. Race ratio: 89.3% White, 7.3% African American, 1.5% Hispanic, 0.7 percent are Asian American, 0.2% Native Indians, 1.1% Mixed. The top five residents ancestors: American (20.9%), German (12.7%), Irish (10.5%), British (9.7%), African Americans (7.3%).
　　Religion
　　Religion, faith Kentucky residents as follows:
　　* Christian -86%
　　o Protestant -70%
　　+ Baptists -35%
　　+ -5% Episcopal Council
　　+ Pentecostal -4%
　　+
　　 -3%
　　+ Lutheran -2%
　　Presbyterian + -2%
　　+ Other Protestant -19%
　　o Roman Catholic - 15%
　　o Other Christian -1%
　　* Jewish 0.01%
　　* Other Religion
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　　Kentucky is a state in the Midwest.
　　Overview and Zoning
　　Kentucky nickname "blue grass state", in the eastern United States, east of the West Virginia and Virginia, south of Tennessee, Missouri, west to the Mississippi River for the state sector. North across the Ohio River and Illinois, Indiana, Ohio River. The main rivers within the state as well as the Kentucky River, Tennessee River, Cumberland River
　　Kentucky can be divided into five regions: Pennyroyal Plateau south-east of the Cumberland Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau, north-central Bluegrass region, south-central and western, west of the mine area and the west of Jackson purchased .
　　Main cities and towns
　　Major cities Kentucky Louisville (Louisville), Covington (Covington), Lexington (Lexington), Ou Wen Si Boluo (Owensboro) and lawn City (Bowling Green), Frankfurt (Frankfort), Paducah.
　　Famous natural landscape
　　Cumberland Cape mouth, early American colonists crossed the main channel of the Appalachian Mountains.
　　Cumberland Falls State Park, waterfall mist visible rainbow month
　　Mammoth Cave National Park, World Heritage Site, has the world's largest cave system.
　　Red River Valley.
　　Between Lake Road,
　　Bern forest
　　Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Place
　　History
　　Overview
　　Kentucky was indigenous peoples of North America, such as the Shawnee tribe (shawnee) regarded as a solemn ritual place until 1750 so far are not resident Aboriginal. In 1770, after Virginia and North Carolina colonists across the Cumberland Cape mouth, came to Kentucky, Kentucky from the rapid development of the first colonial point west of the Appalachian Mountains. After the American Revolution, Virginia, to build, was then part of Virginia, Kentucky, Kentucky became the county, but always wanted to Kentucky residents from Virginia. 1790 accepted on behalf of Kentucky for Kentucky from Virginia conditions. April 1, 1792 adoption of the Constitution of Kentucky, June 1 Kentucky joined the Union as the fifteenth state.
　　During the Civil War, Kentucky became the border between North and South Carolina, it is interesting that President Abraham Lincoln in the north and south of President Jefferson Davis who are Kentucky.
　　Kentucky famous people
　　Henry Clay, (1777-1852), American politician, known as "the great mediator."
　　Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th President of the United States of America.
　　Jefferson Davis, (1808-1881) Confederate States of America (the South during the Civil War, the establishment of the "State") first president.
　　Thomas Morgan (1866-1945), biologist, 1933 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine.
　　Muhammad Ali, (1942 -), the boxing ring legend.
　　Law and Government
　　Economy
　　Population
　　Overview
　　According to the 2005 census, there are 4,173,405 people in Kentucky, an increase of 0.8% compared with 2004, an increase of 3.2% over 2000. This includes natural growth among U.S. foreign immigrants and migrants from other states. Race ratio: 89.3% White, 7.3% African American, 1.5% Hispanic, 0.7 percent are Asian American, 0.2% Native Indians, 1.1% Mixed. The top five residents ancestors: American (20.9%), German (12.7%), Irish (10.5%), British (9.7%), African Americans (7.3%).
　　Religion
　　Religion, faith Kentucky residents as follows:
　　Christian -86%
　　Protestant -70%
　　Baptists -35%
　　Episcopal will -5%
　　Pentecostal -4%
　　
　　 -3%
　　Lutheran -2%
　　Presbyterian -2%
　　Other Protestant -19%
　　Roman Catholic 15%
　　Other Christian -1%
　　Judaism 0.01%
　　Other religious <1%
　　No religion -14%
　　Education
　　William • Young Library University of Kentucky campus University of Kentucky (University of Kentucky)
　　State University
　　University of Kentucky (University of Kentucky)
　　University of Kentucky (Kentucky State University)
　　University of Louisville (University of Louisville)
　　Eastern Kentucky University (Eastern Kentucky University)
　　Western Kentucky University (Western Kentucky University)
　　Northern Kentucky University (Northern Kentucky University)
　　Private
　　Transylvania University (Transylvania University)
　　Berea College (Berea College)
　　Central College (Centre College).
　　Important sports organizations
　　Basketball
　　NCAA
　　University of Kentucky ("Kentucky")
　　University of Louisville ("Louisville")
　　Baseball
　　Little League
　　Louisville Bats (Louisville Bats, 3A class international alliances, the home team: Cincinnati Reds)
　　Lexington Legends (Lexington Legends, 1A level in the South Atlantic League, the home team: Houston Astros)
　　Ski Areas
　　Other
　　Traffic
　　Important Airport
　　Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) ─ Delta's hub
　　Louisville International Airport (LOU) ─ UPS courier hub
　　Important highway
　　I-65
　　I-75
　　I-64
　　I-71
　　Kentucky small files:
　　Population: 3,908,100
　　Area: 40,411 square miles, an area ranked thirty-seventh State
　　Capital: Frankfurt <Frankfort>
　　State taxes: 6% state tax and local hotel tax will receive 6 percent, the restaurant will receive 3%.
　　From Louisville <Louisville> area not far from the highway, there is a quiet country lanes can take you to the legendary horse pastures and underground caverns, slow down your pace, the roadside with white fence and green grass baskets, Civil War relics, there are glimpses of the woods mansion.
　　But modern plants or ranch not only planted in Kentucky thoroughbred horse racing, Louisville and Lexington <Lexington> and past history has become a thriving metropolis of symbiosis.
　　In Big Bone Lick State Park before the beginning of human fossils before telling the history of the burial mound builders left the mound, and some traces of their ancestors living environment, before the region was also the first Europeans coming Chagny <Shawnee> and Qieluo Ji <Cherokee> Indian hunting grounds and ancient battlefield.
　　Kentucky is located in the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River <Mississippi River> <Appalachian Mountains> room, <Ohio River> the Ohio River in Kentucky and other states formed the North Carolina border irregular, narrow and deep valleys and spectacular gorge staggered between the southeastern mountains, it is worth mentioning that on behalf of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Breaks Interstate Park is a jointly managed and Virginia Interstate Park, the park has five miles long and one thousand six hundred feet deep Breaks of Sandy Canyon. This majestic canyon is one of the largest east of the Mississippi River canyon.
　　West of the mountains, plains and slowly tilted toward the Mississippi River, in south-central Kentucky has a series of caves, including the world's longest mammoth cave <Mammoth Cave>, this part of the city center is the cave <Cave City>. <Bluegrass Region> basket grass area in central Kentucky and Louisville surrounded <Louisville>, this state is famous horse eating grass grew up around here.
　　Kentucky west of Kentucky Lake <Kentucky Lake> and Berkeley Lake <Berkeley Lake> and Lake Cumberland is located in south-central Honshu Island's largest reservoir and flood control facilities. Middle area of ​​Kentucky Lake and Lake Berkeley has a demonstration area to provide environmental education and resource management.
　　Kentucky has a world-renowned horse racing and whiskey varieties horse reared in the fertile pasture bluegrass County <Bluegrass County>, and the world-famous wine is produced in the near Bardstown, Clermont, Frankfort, Lawrenceburg, Loretto and Verssailles City .
　　Corbin is located in the city of Colonel Sanders Cafe is a world-renowned birthplace of Kentucky Fried Chicken chain, Fried Chicken founder Colonel Harland Sanders Museum is located in Louisville, Kentucky Fried Chicken headquarters.
　　Kentucky little history:
　　1750: Thomas • Wacker Dr Thomas Walker led the first complete record of the expedition recorded Cumberland Gap area.
　　1769: Daniel • Cloth Daniel Boone _set_tled in basket grass areas Bluegrass Region, started the _set_tlements.
　　1792: Kentucky became the fifteenth state.
　　1809: Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville.
　　1853: Foster Stephen Foster to write "My Old Kentucky Home," "My Old Kentucky Home".
　　1862: In the bloody battle of Battle of Nashville Pelly After Perryville, Kentucky, southern army retreated from northern Kentucky to master the military until the war victory.
　　1875: three year old thoroughbred horse racing in Louisville is located in Louisville, Kentucky racetrack Kentucky Derby start.
　　1937: Large floods Louisville Louisville 200,000 residents retreat, 200 people were killed.
　　1939: Alexandra De Colonel Colonel Sanders in his Corbin restaurant invented his eleven kinds of herbs and spices recipe.
　　1947: Legendary horse Man o War in Lexington Lexington funeral, which attracted 2,000 people to watch the funeral ceremony broadcast to all Americans.
　　1977: Federal Surface Mining Control Governance and Recovery Act The Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act and the requirements by reason of Kentucky coal mining and also damaged the land.
　　1992: The first million units Covey from Bowling Green Corvette sports car factory.
　　Kentucky Tourist Information Center
　　Kentucky Department of Tourism
　　500 Mero St., Suite 2200
　　Frankfort, KY 40601
　　Phone (502) 564-4930
　　Fax (502) 564-5695
　　Kentucky tourist spot:
　　1. Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site
　　2. Adsmore Living History Museum
　　3. Ashland
　　4. Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
　　5. Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
　　6. Farmington
　　7. Frankfort Cemetery
　　8. Kentucky Derby Museum
　　9. Kentucky Down Under / Kentucky Caverns
　　10. Kentucky History Center
　　11. Kentucky Horse Park
　　12. Liberty Hall Historic Site
　　13. Locust Grove Historic Home
　　14. Louisville Science Center
　　15. Louisville Zoo
　　16. Makers Mark Distillery
　　17. Mammoth Cave National Park
　　18. Mary Todd Lincoln House
　　19. My Old Kentucky Home State Park
　　20. National Corvette Museum
　　21. Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor
　　22. Schmidts Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia
　　23. Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
　　24. The Speed ​​Art Museum
　　25. State Capital
　　26. "Stephen Foster The Musical"
　　27. White Hall State Historic Site
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