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Welcome to New Jersey! The lovely "Garden State". Here at the Jersey Shore, you'll find beautiful beaches for swimming, surfing, fishing, kayaking, boating parks, theatre and arts, campgrounds, lighthouses, horse tracks, race tracks, casino's, some of the best colleges and universities in the country.
New Jersey is the perfect place to live, because it contains lots of leisure activities yet is always minutes away from Atlantic City, Philadelphia and who could forget New York City.
On any weekend it is just as easy as a little drive, to go and check out a sporting event, go see a concert, or simply enjoy our many exquisite restaurants and nightlife.
NJ Facts:
Admission to Statehood: December 18, 1787
NJ Motto: Liberty and Prosperity
Nickname: Garden State
Population: 8,717,925
Governor NJ: Jon Corzine Office of Governor
Treasurer: John E. McCormac
Atty. General NJ: Peter C. Harvey
Secretary of State: Nina Mitchell Wells (to Jan. 2010)
Present constitution adopted: 1947
Area: Total 8722 sq.mi Land 7419 sq. mi. Water 1303 sq.mi. Coastline 130 mi. Shoreline 1,792
NJ Area Codes: 201 609 732 856 908 973
Number of NJ counties: 21
Capital: Trenton
Highest Point: High Point 1803 feet, 40th
Largest City in NJ: Newark
Largest county by Area: Burlington, 805 sq mi.
Largest county by population: Bergen
State forests: 11
State parks: 39
New Jersey Fun Facts
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New Jersey State Bird
Type: Eastern Goldfinch
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Type: Violet
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Type: Red Oak
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Type: Blueberry
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Type: Liberty and prosperity
Official State Seal pictured here
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Type: Garden State
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Type: Honeybee |
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