Tennessee is a landlocked state in the U.S. South. Its capital, centrally located Nashville, is the heart of the country-music scene, with the long-running Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and a legendary stretch of honky-tonks and dance halls. Memphis, in the far southwest, is the home of Elvis Presley’s Graceland, rock-and-roll pioneering Sun Studio and the blues clubs of Beale Street.
State Capital: Nashville.
Tennessee State is situated in the upper South region of eastern United States and joined the union in 1796 as the 16th state.
Tennessee state has unique geographical features. Its extreme breadth of 432 miles extends from the Appalachian Mountains which borders North Carolina in the east to the Mississippi River which borders Arkansas and Missouri in the west. The narrow width of some 112 miles of Tennessee separates its north neighbours Virginia and Kentucky from Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia to the south. Tennesse's state capital is Nashville and Memphis is Tennesse's biggest city.
With diverse geographical features, Tennesse possesses a large variety of social, cultural and economic attributes. This has led some residents to perceive Tennesse in terms of 3 big divisions - East, Middle and West Tennesse.
East Tennesse is dominated by the Great Smoky Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau (also known as Cumberland Mountains) and is home to the famous local mountain traditions. The major population hubs of East Tennesse are Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Kingsport.
Middle Tennesse features level and fertile land which is interrupted frequently by rolling hills. Overall this has traditionally been a commercial and agricultural region where Nashville remains its major urban centre.
West Tennesse on the other hand is mainly flat land with rich soil and has always had an economy based on plantation agriculture especially in cotton. Memphis is thh dominant urban centre in West Tennesse.
One can find rich Native American heritage in Tennesse from the Chickasaw and Cherokee.
The Main Cities in Tennessee
Below are the largest cities in the state of Tennessee and the number of people inhabiting them according to the 2010 national census:
1. Memphis - 646,889
2. Nashville-Davidson - 626,681
3. Knoxville - 178,874
4. Chattanooga - 167,674
5. Clarksville - 132,929
6. Murfreesboro - 108,755
7. Jackson - 65,211
8. Johnson City - 63,152
9. Franklin - 62,487
10. Bartlett - 54,613
Famous Landmarks in Tennessee
Below are some of Tennessee’s most visited landmarks:
-Arguably one of America's most famous musicians, and not called "The King" for nothing, pay your respects at Graceland, Elvis Presley's estate-turned-museum in Memphis.
Tallest Buildings in Tennessee
Below are the tallest buildings in Tennessee:
-The AT&T Building in Nashville, Tennessee is often referred to as the Batman building because of its resemblance to the comic book character. It is 33 stories and 617 feet tall, and was completed in 1994.
1. AT&T Building (33 stories; 617 feet)
2. Fifth Third Centre (31 stories; 490 feet)
3. William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower (31 stories; 452 feet)
4. 100 North Main (37 stories; 430 feet)
5. Pinnacle at Symphony Place (29 stories; 417 feet)
6. Life and Casualty Tower(30 stories; 409 feet)
7. Raymond James Tower (21 stories; 403 feet)
8. Clark Tower (34 stories; 403 feet)
9. Nashville City Centre (27 stories; 402 feet)
10. One Commerce Square (31 stories; 396 feet)
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