Capital city - Boise
Population - 1,393,262 (U.S. Census Bureau)
Land Area - 83,557 sq. miles
Highest Point - 12,662 feet above sea level at the summit of Mt. Borah
Water Area - 880 sq. miles
# of lakes - more than 2,000
Motto - Esto Perpetua (Let it be perpetual)
Statehood - July 3, 1890 (43rd state to join the union)
State Insect - Monarch Butterfly
State Fish - Cutthroat trout
State Bird - Mountain Bluebird
State Flower - Syringa
State Nickname - The Gem State
State Tree - Western White Pine
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