Geography & Travel
New Hampshire
state, United States
Category:
Geography & Travel
- Capital:
- Concord
- Population:
- (2020) 1,377,529; (2023 est.) 1,402,054
- Governor:
- Chris Sununu (Republican)
- Date Of Admission:
- June 21, 17882
- U.S. Senators:
- Jeanne Shaheen (Democrat)
- Maggie Hassan (Democrat)
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New Hampshire, constituent state of the United States of America. One of the 13 original U.S. states, it is located in New England at the extreme northeastern corner of the country. It is bounded to the north by the Canadian province of Quebec, to the east by Maine and a 16-mile (25-km) stretch of the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by Massachusetts, and to the west by Vermont. The capital is Concord, located in the south-central part of the state. The Granite State, as New Hampshire is popularly known, is a study in contrasts. Since the late 19th century it ...(100 of 4725 words)