| Abstract from DBPedia | Oklahoma (/ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə/; Choctaw: Oklahumma [oklahómma]; Cherokee: ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, Okalahoma [ògàlàhǒːmã́]) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans (or colloquially "Okies"), and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla, 'people' and humma, which translates as 'red'. Oklahoma is also known informally by its nickname, "The Sooner State", in reference to the settlers who staked their claims on land before the official opening date of lands in the western Oklahoma Territory or before the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889, which increased European-American settlement in the eastern Indian Territory. Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory were merged into the State of Oklahoma when it became the 46th state to enter the union on November 16, 1907. With ancient mountain ranges, prairie, mesas, and eastern forests, most of Oklahoma lies in the Great Plains, Cross Timbers, and the U.S. Interior Highlands, all regions prone to severe weather. Oklahoma is at a confluence of three major American cultural regions. Historically it served as a government-sanctioned territory for Native Americans removed from east of the Mississippi River, a route for cattle drives from Texas and related regions, and a destination for Southern settlers. There are currently twenty-five Native American languages still spoken in Oklahoma. A major producer of natural gas, oil, and agricultural products, Oklahoma relies on an economic base of aviation, energy, telecommunications, and biotechnology. Oklahoma City and Tulsa serve as Oklahoma's primary economic anchors, with nearly two-thirds of Oklahomans living within their metropolitan statistical areas.オクラホマ州State of Oklahoma 州の愛称: 抜け駆けの州Sooner State州のモットー: 労働は全てに打ち勝つ（ラテン語: Labor omnia vincit） オクラホマ州（オクラホマしゅう、英語: Oklahoma,[ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə]; チェロキー語: ᎣᎦᎳᎰᎹ, ogalahoma; チョクトー語: Oklahumma）は、アメリカ合衆国南中部にある州。州の北はコロラド州とカンザス州に接し、東はミズーリ州とアーカンソー州、西はニューメキシコ州、南はテキサス州に接している。アメリカ合衆国50州の中で面積では第20位、人口では第28位である。 州都および最大都市はオクラホマシティ市であり、タルサ市がそれに続く。 州名はチョクトー族インディアンの言葉でokla と hummaを合わせたものであり、「赤い人々」を意味する。1907年11月16日に元のインディアン準州とオクラホマ準州を合わせて合衆国46番目の州になっており、当初は全米のインディアン部族のほとんどを強制移住させる目的で作られた州である。そのため、他の州に比べ、インディアンの保留地（Reservation）が非常に多い。 オクラホマ州は天然ガス、石油および農業の生産高が高く、また航空機、エネルギー、通信およびバイオテクノロジーに経済の基盤がある。国内でも最大級に経済成長率が高く、一人当たり収入成長率と、州総生産の成長率では国内トップクラスである。オクラホマシティ市とタルサ市が州の経済の中心となり、両都市圏に州全体の人口の60%以上が住んでいる。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Oklahoma) |
