| Country | USA |
| Capital city | Nashville |
| Area | 109,247 km² |
| Population | 6,916,897 people (2020) 63.3 people/km² |
| Governor | Bill Haslem |
| Official site | tennessee.gov |
| Tennessee | |
Tennessee (English: Tennessee [tɛnɨˈsiː]) is a state in the United States with the capital Nashville. Its postal code is TN.
Joined the state in 1796 as the 16th state. It is known as the “Volunteer State” because soldiers from Tennessee played an important role in the War of 1812 and especially in the Battle of New Orleans.
Geography
Tennessee has a population of 6,600,299 (2015). The total area of Tennessee is 108,718 km², of which 106,058 km² is land and 2,660 km² is water (2.45%). It is located in the southern part of the USA.
Tennessee borders eight states: Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. Thus, Tennessee is the state with the most neighbors except for Missouri, which also borders eight states. The main river in the state is the Tennessee. The highest point is Clingmans Dome, 2,025 m high, which rises along the eastern border of Tennessee. The geographic center of the state is Old Lasques Pike and is located a few kilometers east of Murfreesbrough. The state is divided geographically and administratively into three parts: East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and West Tennessee. There are six major physiogeographic regions: the Blue Ridge, Ridge and Valley, Cumberland Plateau, Highland, Nashville Basin, and Coastal-Baltic Plain.
Cities
- Brownsville
- Johnson City
- Memphis
- Nashville
- Knoxville
- Sevierville
Towns
- Brighton
Counties
According to Countryaah, Tennessee consists of 95 counties:
- Anderson
- Bedford
- Benton
- Bledsoe
- Blunt
- Bradley
- Van Buren
- Washington
- Gibson
- Granger
- Green
- Grundy
- Dyer
- Davidson
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Giles
- Johnson
- Dikalb
- Decatur
- Dixon
- Cannon
- Carter
- Campbell
- Carol
- Clay
- Claiborne
- Cock
- Buckets
- Croquet
- Cumberland
- Loudon
- Lake
- Lincoln
- Lauderdale
- Lawrence
- Lewis
- Madison
- McMinn
- McNary
- Marion
- Marshall
- Megz
- Macon
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Plague
- Morgan
- Mori
- Knox
- Obian
- Overton
- Perry
- Pickett
- Col
- Putnam
- Ray
- Robertson
- Rowan
- Rutherford
- Sevier
- Sikuochi
- Scott
- Smith
- Stewart
- Sullivan
- Sumner
- Tipton
- White
- Wayne
- Weekly
- Williamson
- Wilson
- Warren
- Fayette
- Fentress
- Franklin
- Hamblen
- Hamilton
- Hancock
- Hardin
- Hardman
- Heywood
- Henderson
- Henry
- Hickman
- Hawkins
- Humphreys
- Houston
- Chester
- I’m reading
- Truesdale
- Shelby
- Unicoy
- Union
Nashville
| Country | USA |
| State | Tennessee |
| Area | 1362.2 km² |
| Highness height | 182 m |
| Population | 678,889 people (2015) 498 people/km² |
| Founding | 1779 |
| ZIP code | 37201–37250, 37201, 37202, 37205, 37208, 37210, 37214, 37218, 37220, 37222, 37228, 37229, 37231, 37233, 37235, 37242, 37244, 37249, 37244 |
| Telephone code | 615 |
| Official site | www.nashville.gov |
| Nashville | |
Nashville (English: Nashville) is the capital and the second largest city of the state of Tennessee in the United States of America after Memphis. Located in Davidson County.
It has a population of 575,261 inhabitants (2005) and a total area of 1,362.5 km². It is located at 182 m above sea level in the Nashville Basin.
The city is named after General Francis Nash (1742 – 1777).
Famous people
Born in Nashville
- Jeff Jarrett (b. 1967), wrestler
- Miley Cyrus (b. 1992), singer and actress
- Kitty Wells (1919 – 2012), singer
Died in Nashville
- Roy Acuff (1903 – 1992), musician
- Oswald Avery (1877 – 1955), physician
- Johnny Cash (1932 – 2003), musician
- Marty Robbins (1925 – 1982), musician
- Kitty Wells (1919 – 2012), singer
