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U.S. TERRITORIES
Area codeTERRITORIES684American Samoa671Guam670Marianas Islands787, 939Puerto Rico340U.S. Virgin IslandsSource: North American Numbering Plan Administration. Web: www.nanpa.com .Wyoming Area…Louisiana Tech University
(Encyclopedia) Louisiana Tech University, at Ruston; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1894, opened 1895 as an industrial institute. It became Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in 1921 and…San Ildefonso, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia) San Ildefonso, Treaty of, any of several treaties signed at the royal residence of San Ildefonso, Spain. 1 The Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1796 was an alliance of France with Spain…Jindal, Bobby
(Encyclopedia) Jindal, Bobby, 1971–, American politician, b. Baton Rouge, La., as Piyush Jindal. The son of immigrants from India, he attended Brown Univ. (B.S., 1991) and thereafter was a Rhodes…Louisiana Map
Louisiana Profile More Geographic Information Country Profiles Flags World Geography World Statistics U.S. State Profiles U.S. Cities U.S. Geography U.S. Statistics U.S. Map Map…Brewer's: Louisiana
U.S. America. So named in compliment to Louis XIV. of France. Originally applied to the French possessions in the Mississippi Valley. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Shreveport
(Encyclopedia) ShreveportShreveportshrēvˈpôrt [key], city (1990 pop. 198,525), seat of Caddo parish, NW La., on the Red River near the Tex. and Ark. lines; inc. 1839. The third largest city in the…Choctaw
(Encyclopedia) ChoctawChoctawchŏkˈtô [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They formerly…Tulane University of Louisiana
(Encyclopedia) Tulane University of LouisianaTulane University of Louisianat&oomacr;lānˈ, ty&oomacr;ˈ– [key], at New Orleans; coeducational; opened 1834, chartered 1835 as a state medical…Gálvez, Bernardo de
(Encyclopedia) Gálvez, Bernardo deGálvez, Bernardo debĕrnärˈᵺō dā gälˈvāth [key], c.1746–1786, Spanish governor of Louisiana. He served in the Spanish army before going to Louisiana in 1776 as the…Trending
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