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新英格兰地区中，面积最大的一州，缅因于1820年添加联邦，成为美国第23州。该州的名字系仿照一个旧时的法国省名。本州是密西西比河东岸，人口最稀疏的一州。其别名是极为相称的「松林之州」(Pine
Tree State)，因为它90%的土地都是森林。虽然每年夏季，数百万名的游客都会涌入这片「渡假胜地」，为这块土地带来惊人的收入，但毫不令人惊讶的，缅因州的经济来源，大部分都来自木材业、造纸业及纸制品。缅因州的首府是奥古斯塔(Augusta)，而它的州花是白松的松果及缨。
The largest of the New England states in area, Maine, in 1820, was the 23rd state to join the Union. Its name comes from an ancient French province of the same name. The most sparsely populated state east of the Mississippi River, it's appropriately called the "Pine Tree State," as 90 percent of its land is forest. Not surprisingly, most of Maine's economy is related to timber and the production of paper and paper products although the millions of tourists who flock each summer to "Vacationland" are a significant source of revenue. The capital is Augusta; the state flower is the white pine cone and tassel.
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