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Rhode Island’s tourist-season hits its peak twice a year. In the
summer season crowds throng the seaside for a little water sporting
and hit the shops and sightseeing sites. The winters are equally popular,
when the state takes on the status of genuine New England “Winter
Wonder Land”. Off-season visitors will find cheaper rates and
thinner crowds in the spring and, to a lesser extent, the autumn, though
the fall foliage seekers may fill up some of the Bed & Breakfasts.
State Abbreviation: RI
State Capital: Providence
Largest City: Providence
Area: 1,545 square miles square miles (the smallest
state in the USA)
Rhode Island Population: 1,080,632 (as of 2004)
Major Industries: textiles, jewelry, rubber products,
machinery, tourism
Rhode Island Rivers: Sakonnet River
Rhode Island Lakes: Scituate Reservoir
Highest Point: Jerimoth Hill - 812 feet above sea level
Origin of the Name: named for the Isle of Rhodes in
the Mediterranean Sea.
State Nickname: The Ocean State, Little Rhody
State Motto: "Hope"
State Song: Rhode Island, It's for Me
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