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The capital of Indiana is Indianapolis. Indianapolis is famaus for a lot of things, one of them is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was built in 1909 by Carl Fisher and James Allison and is still in use. There is also a museum honoring the speedway and it gets the most tourists in May, the month of the famous 500 mile race. That’s why it’s called the Indianapolis 500. Don’t miss the big race on Sunday, May 24, 2009!

Indiana has cold winters, hot summers, and average rain per year. Some parts of Indiana can have over 44 inches (112 centimeters) of rain per year. The summer in Indiana are hot and humid and can get over 78 degrees fahreinheight (26 degrees celcius). I don’t want to be there in the winter. Tempurtures in the winter can get below 22 degrees fahreinheight! ( -6 degrees celcius.) Indiana is a place of extreme tempurtures and I reccomend for you to visit it.

Fact sheet

• Indiana had the first goldfish farm
• Indiana was the 19th state to join the union
• It is the 38th biggest state
• The state flower is a peont
• It’s average altitude is 700 feet
• It’s the 14th biggest in population.
• The state river is the Wabash river.
• The state stone is Limestone
• The state nickname is The Hoosier State
• The state tree is the Tulip Tree
• The state bird is the Cardinal