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World Almanac for Kids |
 | | NORTH CAROLINA, one of the South Atlantic states of the U.S., bordered on the N by Virginia, on the E by the Atlantic Ocean, on the S by South Carolina and Georgia, and on the W by Tennessee. |
 | | North Carolina has some of the most striking contrasts in physical geography of any state in the E half of the U.S. It has an area of 139,397 sq km (53,821 sq mi), making it the 28th largest of the U.S. states; 7.1% of its land area is owned by the federal government. |
 | | North Carolina is the leading textile-producing state in the U.S. Output of such textile items as cotton yarn, nylon and polyester fiber, and denim fabric is concentrated in the Piedmont Pleateau region, especially in Gaston, Cabarrus, Guilford, and Mecklenburg counties. |
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