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Ohio

1. a state of the central US, in the Midwest on Lake Erie: consists of prairies in the W and the Allegheny plateau in the E, the Ohio River forming the S and most of the E borders. Capital: Columbus. Pop.: 11 435 798 (2003 est.). Area: 107 044 sq. km (41 330 sq. miles)

2. a river in the eastern US, formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers at Pittsburgh: flows generally W and SW to join the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois, as its chief E tributary. Length: 1570 km (975 miles)

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Ohio State Information

Phone: (614) 466-2000
www.ohio.gov

Area (sq mi):: 44824.90 (land 40948.38; water 3876.53) Population per square mile: 280.00
Population 2005: 11,464,042 State rank: 0 Population change: 2000-20005 1.00%; 1990-2000 4.70% Population 2000: 11,353,140 (White 84.00%; Black or African American 11.50%; Hispanic or Latino 1.90%; Asian 1.20%; Other 2.40%). Foreign born: 3.00%. Median age: 36.20
Income 2000: per capita 21,003ドル; median household 40,956ドル; Population below poverty level: 10.60% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): 28,207ドル-30,129ドル
Unemployment (2004): 6.20% Unemployment change (from 2000): 2.20% Median travel time to work: 22.90 minutes Working outside county of residence: 27.10%

List of Ohio counties:

Ohio Parks

Ohio

Seventeenth state; admitted on March 1, 1803

State capital: Columbus Nicknames: Buckeye State; Mother of Presidents; Gateway

State State motto: With God All Things Are Possible State animal: White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) State beverage: Tomato juice State bird: Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) State groundhog: Buckeye Chuck State flower: Scarlet carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus);

wildflower: Large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) State fossil: Trilobite (Isotelus) State gemstone: Ohio flint State herb capital: Gahanna State insect: Ladybird beetle (ladybug, Hippodamia

convergens) State poetry day: Ohio Poetry Day (third Friday of every

October) State prehistoric monument: Newark earthworks State reptile: Black racer snake (Coluber constrictor constric

tor) State rock song: “Hang on Sloopy” State song: “Beautiful Ohio” State tree: Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)

More about state symbols at:

www.governorsresidence.ohio.gov/children/symbols.aspx
oplin.lib.oh.us/ohiodefined/symbols.html

More about the state at:

www.ohiohistorycentral.org/

SOURCES:

AmerBkDays-2000, p. 175 AnnivHol-2000, p. 36

STATE OFFICES:

State web site: www.ohio.gov

Office of the Governor 77 S High St 30th Fl Columbus, OH 43215 614-466-3555 fax: 614-466-9354 governor.ohio.gov

Secretary of State 180 E Broad St 16th Fl Columbus, OH 43215 614-466-2655 fax: 614-644-0649 www.sos.state.oh.us

State Library of Ohio 274 E 1st Ave Columbus, OH 43201 614-644-7061 fax: 614-466-3584 winslo.state.oh.us

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Ohio

a state in the northeastern USA. Area, 106,760 sq km. Population, 10.7 million (1970), of which 75.3 percent is urban. The state capital is Columbus, and the principal economic centers are Cleveland and Cincinnati.

The Appalachian Plateau, rising to an elevation of 460 m, is located in the east and gradually merges with the gently rolling Central Lowlands in the west. Average January temperatures are 0° to -3°C, and average July temperatures are 23° to 25°C. Annual precipitation varies from 800 to 1,000 mm. The Ohio, the major navigable river, is located in the south, and Lake Erie is in the north. Broad-leaved forests have been preserved on the plateau.

Ohio is one of the most populous and economically developed states. Manufacturing is the leading branch of the state economy, employing 35 percent of the working population. Mining is also important; 40 million tons of coal are extracted annually, in addition to oil, natural gas, and 5 million tons of salt. Heavy industry alone accounts for more than three-fourths of all industrial output. In the smelting of iron and steel, Ohio is second only to Pennsylvania; iron and steel mills are concentrated in Youngs-town, Cleveland, and Canton. Ohio is the country’s leading producer of electric steel. Other important industries include the manufacture of machine tools and press-forging electrical and radioelectronics equipment. Ohio is a center of the automotive and aerospace industries and also produces heavy machinery, instruments, business machines, home appliances (especially in Dayton), and roller bearings (in Canton).

Cleveland and Cincinnati are important centers of the chemical industry, while the rubber industry, in which Ohio plays the leading role, is located in Akron. The glass, silicate products, cement, paper products, and food-processing industries are also high-output industries in Ohio. An Atomic Energy Commission facility near Portsmouth produces uranium-235. As of 1972, the combined capacity of Ohio’s electric power plants was 20 million kW.

Animal husbandry accounts for about 60 percent of the state’s commercial agricultural output. Dairying predominates in northeastern Ohio, and the raising of animals for meat in the west. Land under cultivation amounts to 5 million ha. The principal crops are corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, fruits (including vineyards along Lake Erie), and hay.

V. M. GOKHMAN

Ohio was originally inhabited by Indians. In the 17th century the French were the first Europeans to reach the Ohio region. The Ohio territory was long the object of a colonial rivalry between France and Great Britain. Transferred to Great Britain in accordance with the Treaty of Paris in 1763, Ohio was ceded in 1783 to the USA. During the period of colonization, part of the Indian population was exterminated, while the remainder were forced off their lands.

Ohio became a state in 1802. During the Civil War (1861–65), Ohio supported the Union.

Ohio

a river in the USA, a left tributary of the Mississippi River. The Ohio is 1,580 km long and drains an area of 528,100 sq km. It is formed by the junction at Pittsburgh, Pa., of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, both of which originate in the Appalachian Mountains. The Ohio’s principal tributaries are the Muskingum, Miami, and Wabash rivers from the right and the Kentucky, Kanawha, Cumberland, and Tennessee rivers from the left.

Before reaching Louisville, Ky., the Ohio flows across the Appalachian Plateau. Farther down it passes through the Central Lowlands. The Ohio is fed by mixed sources. High water occurs during the cold season, and low water during summer and autumn, with minimum water levels in August and September.

At the city of Metropolis, III., the Ohio discharges an average of approximately 8,000 cu m per sec, and its annual flow is about 250 cu km. The greatest increases in water level occur at Pittsburgh (10–12 m), Cincinnati, Ohio (17–20 m), and the river’s mouth (14–16 m). Heavy floods occur periodically, and those of 1887, 1913, 1927, and 1937 were particularly disastrous.

The Ohio has locks and is navigable throughout its entire length, with a minimum charted depth of 2.7 m. The total length of the waterways within the Ohio Basin is approximately 4,000 km. Canals have been built in the Louisville area in order to bypass rapids. Most of the large hydroelectric power plants in the river’s basin are on the Tennessee River. The Ohio has been polluted by industrial effluents. The cities of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Louisville are situated on the Ohio.

A. P. MURANOV

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