North Carolina "A Better Place To Be"

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Raleigh Real Estate

Admitted to Union: November 21, 1789
Capital: Raleigh
Nickname: Tar Heel State, Old North State, Land of the Sky
Motto: Esse Quam Videri, translated "To Be, Rather Than To Seem"
Total Area: 53,821 square miles
Total Land Area: 48,708 square miles
Total Water Area: 5,103 square miles
Length: 500 miles
Width: 150 miles
Highest Point: 6,684 feet (Mount Mitchell)
Lowest Point: sea level (Atlantic Ocean)
Mean Elevation: 700 feet
Highest Temp: 110 degrees on August 21, 1983 at Fayetteville
Lowest Temp: -34 degrees on January 25, 1985 on Mount Mitchell
Highest Monthly Avg Temp: 88.3 degrees
Lowest Monthly Avg Temp: 27.3 degrees
Population: (U.S. Census, April, 2000) 8,049,313