· The capital of Louisiana is the city of Baton Rouge.
· The Largest city is New Orleans.
· Louisiana is the only state to be divided into civil parishes.
· The highest elevation is 535 ft. above sea level, the lowest is 8 feet below sea level.
· Time Zone: Central.
cultural divisions of the state
· Louisiana is named for King Louis XIV of France.
· It was discovered and claimed for the Kingdom of France by Rene Cavelier and Sieur de La Salle.
· Louisiana was acquired by the United States in 1803, during the administration of President Thomas Jefferson.
· 15 states have been carved out of the original landmass that constituted the territory of colonial Louisiana.
· The State of Louisiana has a sub-tropical climate.
Archbishop Aymond.
--The predominant religion in the state is Protestantism. 60% of the population belongs in some Protestant denomination. The bulk of the Protestant population lives in the northern parishes, with the Southern Baptist convention claiming 70% of Protestants.
--30% of the population are Catholics, and these live largely in the southern part of the state. The Catholic Church is the largest single group of Christians.
--The ecclesiastical provence of New Orleans (Novae Aureliae) covers the same land area as the civil state. The Province is composed of the Archdiocese of New Orleans which is the Metropolitan seat of the Province, and six other dioceses: Alexandria; Baton Rouge; Houma-Thibodaux; Lafayette; Lake Charles; Shreveport. Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond is the present Metropolitan.
