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Capital: Baton Rouge. Louisiana lies on the Gulf of Mexico and is bordered by Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas. It can be divided physically into the Mississippi River flood plain and delta and the low hills of the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain. It is the only U.S. state to be governed under the Napoleonic Code.

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French exploration of the area began with the 1673 expedition of Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette, which charted the upper Mississippi. As noted above, Upper Louisiana was primarily settled by colonists from French Canada. There was further substantial intermarriage and integration with the local Illinois peoples.

In 1541 explorer Hernando de Soto claimed the territory for Spain. Then in 1682 France took possesion of the region. Ownership of the land would go back and forth between these nations until the United States bought the area that would become Louisiana from France in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase.

Important Dates in History 1519Alvarez de Pineda discovers mouth of the Mississippi1815Battle of New Orleans is won by General Andrew Jackson1823First natural gas field is discovered in Louisiana, at a depth of 400 feet1837Shreveport is founded1838First Mardi Gras parade is held in New Orleans45 more rows

Louisiana was admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state, with generally the same boundary as the present state.

The original inhabitants of the land that New Orleans sits on were the Chitimacha, with the Atakapa, Caddo, Choctaw, Houma, Natchez, and Tunica inhabiting other areas throughout what is now Louisiana.

Napoleonic France Acquires Louisiana On October 1, 1800, within 24 hours of signing a peace settlement with the United States, First Consul of the Republic of France Napoleon Bonaparte, acquired Louisiana from Spain by the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso.