Alabama Abbreviation

What is the abbreviation for Alabama state?

AL is the 2 letter abbreviation for Alabama, the 24th largest state in the United States of America. Alabama is a state located in southeastern part of U.S.A, bordering Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. Montgomery is the capital city of Alabama. Major cities include Birmingham (Population: 212472), Montgomery (Population: 200613), Mobile (Population: 194299), Huntsville (Population: 190593), Tuscaloosa (Population: 98343), Hoover (Population: 84859), Dothan (Population: 68578), Auburn (Population: 62070), Decatur (Population: 55448), Madison (Population: 46973), Florence (Population: 40037), and Phenix City (Population: 37581).

Alabama State Profile

• Capital: Montgomery
• Admitted to USA: December 14, 1819
• Area: 135,765 km²
• Population: 4,903,185
• Time zone: UTC−06:00
• Calling code: 205, 251, 256, 334
• ISO 2-Letter Postal Abbreviation:  AL
• State Government Website: http://alabama.gov/

Overview

The state of Alabama, which is part of the more conservative “southern states”, was probably named after an Indian tribe. Alabama was founded in 1819 as the 22nd state of the United States. The state covers an area of ​​135,765 km² – with around 4.7 million inhabitants. Its capital is Montgomery with around 200,000 inhabitants in the urban area proper. Alabama borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Mississippi to the west, and Florida to the southeast. The Appalachian Mountains are in northwest Alabama, otherwise the country is rather flat and very woody. In the south is the Gulf of Mexico, into which the Mobile River flows.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the cultivation of cotton dominated economically. This is also the reason for the state’s nickname “Cotton State”. Cotton is still an important product today, but other agricultural products such as maize, peanuts, sugar cane and soybeans are now grown on many of the areas previously used for cotton. In the second half of the 20th century, in particular, the state experienced strong industrialization, particularly in the areas of fertilizer production, ammunition production and aluminum processing. Alabama is still known as the “Heart of Dixie”. Its capital, Montgomery, was the first capital of the Confederacy in the American Civil War. Tourists can visit many historic buildings and gardens in Alabama, reminiscent of the “Old South”, the heyday of the south. But the musical tradition of Alabama is also featured in artists such as Hank Williams and Nat King Cole, and the song “Sweet Home Alabama”, which describes the pleasant side of the south, may well be known to the band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Popular destinations are the seaside resorts and beaches on the coasts of Dauphin Island, Golf Shore and Mobile Bay.

On April 27, 2011, one of the most destructive tornadoes raced across Alabama and other states. The city of Tucaloosa on the Black Warrier River was particularly hard hit. In the city, an area with a width of over a kilometer and a length of around 10 km was almost razed to the ground. In total, over 300 and over 200 people died in Alabama.

The state’s motto is We dare to defend our rights.

Cities and larger towns

Montgomery
Montgomery is the second largest city in the state of Alabama and its capital with approximately 200,000 inhabitants. The city, founded in 1819, is named after Richard Montgomery, a general of the War of Independence, and is located in the south of the state on the banks of the Alabama River. Although the city is relatively young, it has experienced a lot in its history. For example, the city was the first capital of the Confederate States during the Civil War. In her recent history, the civil rights activist Rosa Parks, with her refusal to vacate a bus seat, is particularly noteworthy. With the help of Martin Luther King, this led to further actions by the civil rights movement in 1955. Nowadays Montgomery offers a highly recommended Shakespeare Festival, which shows Shakespeare plays from November to July.

Birmingham
The city of Birmingham with its approximately 230,000 inhabitants is the largest city in Alabama. The very young city, founded in 1871, is located in northern Alabama. The city, or the metropolitan region with approximately 1.1 million inhabitants, is the cultural and economic center of the state. Important branches of the city are the cotton, electrical and chemical industries. The city’s strong industry earned it the name “Pittsburgh of the South”. Another city name was “Bombingham”, alluding to the extremely violent past in the 1950s and 1960s, in which “racial unrest” claimed several lives with the Ku Klux Klan bombings. However, today Birmingham is a peaceful and surprisingly green city.

Huntsville
Huntsville, with approximately 175,000 residents, is located in northern Alabama on the banks of the Tennessee River. The city was founded in 1809 under the name Twickenham. In 1811, however, it was renamed Huntsville after its founder John Hunt. The city is best known for the Marshall Space Flight Center. The roots of this facility go back to the 1950s, in which Wernher von Braun and his colleagues played a key role in the US missile program.

Mobile
The city of Mobile, in the state’s southwest on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, has approximately 190,000 residents, making it the third largest city in Alabama. The city is located at the mouth of the Mobile River in the Gulf of Mexico. The city, founded in 1702, was the first capital of the French Louisiana territory and is therefore the oldest city in Alabama. Because of its port, Mobile is the economically most important city on the coast. However, this also harbors dangers, such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 showed. Numerous houses were destroyed by the strong winds and floods. Compared to other cities in the coastal region, the damage in Mobile was rather low. Mobile is also the city with the longest tradition of Madi Gras, which has been celebrated here for over 300 years.

Selma
The city of Selma with its approximately 20,000 inhabitants is best known for the marches from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. These were the high point of the civil rights movement Demonstrators of the first march attacked by police with batons and tear gas.

List of Alabama Acronyms

The most commonly used abbreviations about Alabama are AL which stands for Alabama. In the following table, you can see all acronyms related to Alabama, including abbreviations for airport, city, school, port, government, and etc.

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