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{{US state
| Name = Connecticut
| Fullname = State of Connecticut
| Flag = Flag of Connecticut.svg
| Seal = Seal of Connecticut.svg
| Flower = Mountain Laurel<ref name=SOTS>[http://www.sots.ct.gov/RegisterManual/SectionX/SITESEALSYMB.htm STATE OF CONNECTICUT, Sites º Seals º Symbols]; ''Connecticut State Register & Manual''; retrieved on [[December 15]], [[2006]]</ref>|
 Tree = White Oak<ref name=SOTS/>|
Flaglink = [[Flag of Connecticut]]
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== Geography ==
Connecticut is [[border]]ed on the south by the [[Long Island Sound]], on the west by [[New York]], on the north by [[Massachusetts]], and on the east by [[Rhode Island]]. [[Hartford]] is the [[List of U.S. state capitals|state capital]].
 The largest cities are [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport]], [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Stamford, Connecticut|Stamford]], [[Waterbury, Connecticut|Waterbury]], [[Norwalk, Connecticut|Norwalk]], [[Danbury, Connecticut|Danbury]], [[New Britain, Connecticut|New Britain]], [[Greenwich, Connecticut|Greenwich]] and [[Bristol, Connecticut|Bristol]] are populated areas in Connecticut. There are 169 [[New England town|incorporated towns]] in Connecticut.

The highest peak in Connecticut is [[Bear Mountain]] in [[Salisbury, Connecticut|Salisbury]]. The highest point is just east of where Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York meet (42° 3' N; 73° 29' W), on the southern slope of [[Mount Frissell]]. However, this peak lieis in [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite peakbagger |pid=7083 |name=Mount Frissell-South Slope, Connecticut/Massachusetts}}</ref> The [[Connecticut River]] cuts through the center of the state. The [[Connecticut River Valley]], is the region with the most peopulous metropolitan region ofle in Connecticut. Although Connecticut's land is small, it featurehas several different [[landscape]]s. In [[Litchfield Hills]], there are mountains and [[horse|horse farms]]. In [[New London County]], there are beaches and [[maritime]] [[wikt:activity|activities]]. Connecticut is known for theirits maritime history, h. However, the state does not have direct access to the sea. 

Connecticut has [[temperate broadleaf and mixed forests]]. [[Northeastern coastal forests]] of [[oak]]s, [[Hickory|hickories]], and [[maple]] cover much of the state.<ref name = "ecoregions">{{cite journal |author=Olson |title = Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth |journal=[[BioScience]] |year = 2001 |volume=51 |issue=11 |pages= 933–938 |url = http://gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder/ |doi = 10.1641/0006-3568(2001(contracted; show full)[[vo:Connecticut]]
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