New Hampshire - Political   Capital Concord Largest City Manchester Major Cities Nashua, Rochester, Portsmouth Nicknames Granite State Area 9,304 sq. miles Population 1,235,786

 

New Hampshire - Physical features   Mountain Ranges White Mountains, Presidential Range Lakes Lake Winnepesaukee, Lake Winnisquam Rivers Connecicut, Merrimack, Piscataqua Highest Point Mount Washington Islands Isles of Shoals (shared with Maine) Bordering States Maine (east), Massachusetts (south), Vermont (west), Canada Quebec (north) National Parks None Key Products Dairy Products, Apples, Maple Syrup Natural Resources Lumber

 

New Hampshire - History   1788 Ninth state to be admitted to the Union Present Day Mount Washington holds the record for the fastest winds on Earth: 231 miles/hour recorded in 1934

 

New Hampshire - Facts   New Hampshire’s three largest cities, Manchester, Nashua, and Concord, are all ports on the Merrimack River New Hampshire has the shortest coastline of any state in the nation Mount Washington ,at 6288 feet/1917 meters, is the highest point in all of New England, and the third highest point in the eastern United States after North Carolina’s Mount Mitchell and Tennessee’s Clingman’s Dome