Louisiana
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Louisiana

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05/05/20

Some Louisiana urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by a mixture of 18th-century FrenchItalianHaitianSpanishNative American, and African cultures that they are considered to be exceptional in the U.S. Before the American purchase of the territory in 1803, the present-day State of Louisiana had been both a French colony and for a brief period a Spanish one. In addition, colonists imported numerous African people as slaves in the 18th century. Many came from peoples of the same region of West Africa, thus concentrating their culture. In the post-Civil War environment, Anglo-Americans increased the pressure for Anglicization, and in 1921, English was for a time made the sole language of instruction in Louisiana schools before a policy of multilingualism was revived in 1974. There has never been an official language in Louisiana, and the state constitution enumerates "the right of the people to preserve, foster, and promote their respective historic, linguistic, and cultural origins".


The state may properly be divided into two parts, the uplands of the north, and the 
alluvial  along the coast. The alluvial region includes low swamp lands, coastal marshlands and beaches, and  barrier islands  that cover about 20,000 square miles (52,000 km 2 ). This area lies principally along the Gulf of Mexico and the  Mississippi River , which traverses the state from north to south for a distance of about 600 mi (970 km) and empties into the Gulf of Mexico; the  Red River ; the  Ouachita River  and its branches; and other minor streams (some of which are called  bayous ).

Average temperatures in Louisiana (°F)

City

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

  Annual  

Shreveport

47.0

50.8

58.1

65.5

73.4

80.0

83.2

83.3

77.1

66.6

56.6

48.3

65.9

Monroe

46.3

50.3

57.8

65.6

73.9

80.4

82.8

82.5

76.5

66.0

56.3

48.0

65.5

Alexandria

48.5

52.1

59.3

66.4

74.5

80.7

83.2

83.2

78.0

68.0

58.6

50.2

66.9

Lake Charles

51.8

55.0

61.4

68.1

75.6

81.1

82.9

83.0

78.7

70.1

61.1

53.8

68.6

Lafayette

51.8

55.2

61.5

68.3

75.9

81.0

82.8

82.9

78.5

69.7

61.0

53.7

68.5

Baton Rouge

51.3

54.6

61.1

67.6

75.2

80.7

82.5

82.5

78.1

68.9

60.0

52.9

68.0

New Orleans

54.3

57.6

63.6

70.1

77.5

82.4

84.0

84.1

80.2

72.2

63.5

56.2

70.3


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