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The commission was renamed to the Louisiana State Parks and Recreation Commission. In 1977, the Office of State Parks was created in the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism. After the State Parks Commission of Louisiana was formed in 1934, 7 sites were acquired for use as state parks.
Saskatchewan is a province in Western Canada, bordered by Alberta, Manitoba, and the United States. It has a population of about 1.2 million, a diverse economy based on agriculture, mining, and energy, and a history of social democracy.
Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties. It has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico, a large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River, and it has a rich biodiversity and cultural heritage.
The University of Louisiana System is a public university system in Louisiana with nine member institutions. It was founded in 1996 and has over 91,500 students as of October 2023.
The secretary of state of Louisiana is an elected constitutional officer who heads the Louisiana Department of State and oversees various functions such as elections, archives, and museums. The current secretary is Nancy Landry, a Republican who took office in 2024.
A parish is a second-level administrative division of the U.S. state of Louisiana, derived from the French colonial term for a local government unit. The web page provides a table of 64 parishes with their FIPS codes, seats, origins, etymologies, populations, and areas, as well as a map of the state.
Although the food most identified with the state is the Cajun and Creole food of South Louisiana, North Louisiana also has its own unique cuisine. Traditionally, southern style soul food such as smothered pork chops, chicken and dumplings, candied yams, hot water cornbread, fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, collard greens, and black-eyed peas ...
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