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| | Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Louisiana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Louisiana was inhabited by Native Americans when European explorers arrived in the 17th Century and settlement and colonization began in the 18th Century. |
 | | Louisiana's French settlements contributed to further exploration and outposts, concentrated along the banks of the Mississippi and its major tributaries, from Louisiana to as far north as the region called the Illinois Country, around Peoria, Illinois and present-day Saint Louis, Missouri. |
 | | As of 2005, Louisiana has an estimated population of 4,523,628, which is an increase of 16,943, or 0.4%, from the prior year and an increase of 54,670, or 1.2%, since the year 2000. |
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