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Louisiana is situated within the Lat long 31.0413\u00b0 N, 91.8360\u00b0 W and shares its northern border with Arkansas, eastern border with Mississippi, southern border with the Gulf of Mexico and western border with Texas.<\/p>\n

The total length of the boundary of Louisiana is 1,482.42 miles. The state has a 7,704.12 mile long tidal shoreline and stretches to a length of 236.22 miles in its east-west direction and 235.6 miles in its north-south direction.<\/p>\n

The state encompasses a total area of 76,678.5 square miles, with a total land area of 71,491.58 square miles and total inland water area of 5,186.92 square miles.<\/p>\n

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Facts About Louisiana<\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
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State Name<\/th>\nLouisiana<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Continent<\/td>\nNorth America<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Country<\/td>\nUnited States (USA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Capital<\/td>\nBaton Rouge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Largest city<\/td>\nNew Orleans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Area<\/td>\n51,843 sq mi (135,382 km2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Population<\/td>\n4,649,676 (2014 est)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lat Long<\/td>\n31\u00b0 0\u2032 0\u2033 N, 92\u00b0 0\u2032 0\u2033 W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Official Language<\/td>\nEnglish, French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calling Code<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time Zone<\/td>\nCentral: UTC \u22126\/\u22125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Airport<\/td>\n7- Airports in commercial service<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neighbour State<\/td>\nMississippi, Arkansas, texas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Internet TLD<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Currency<\/td>\nUnited State Dollar (USD)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Louisiana is located in the western region of the south-central part of the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.mapsofworld.com\/usa\/states\/louisiana\/louisana-location-map.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Where is Louisiana Located?","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-louisiana"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhere is Louisiana Located? Location map of Louisiana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find where is Louisiana located on the USA map. 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