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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]]
(contracted; show full)rea of the [[northeast]]ern part of the [[United States]]. It is [[border]]ed by [[Rhode Island]] to the east, [[Massachusetts]] to the north, and the state of [[New York]] to the west and south. Connecticut shares an [[estuary]] with New York called the [[Long Island Sound]]. The [[Connecticut River]] divides the state. It is the largest [[river]] in New England. [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]] is the [[capital city]] of Connecticut. 

Much of southern and western Connecticut is part of the [[New York 
City|New York metropolitan area]], or '''Tri-State area'''. Three of Connecticut's eight [[List of counties in Connecticut|counties]] are [[statistics|statistically]] in the [[New York City]] [[census]]. [[Cheshire, New Haven]] is the [[center of population]] of Connecticut. It is also part of the Tri-State area. Connecticut is the [[List of U.S. states and territories by area|3rd smallest state]]. It has the [[List of U.S. states and territories by population|29th most people]] and is the [[List of U.S. states by population density|4th most densely populated(contracted; show full)w Haven Colonies made [[document]]s of [[Fundamental Orders]].  These are known as the first [[constitution]]s in [[North America]]. In 1662, three colonies joined together under a [[royal charter]]. This made Connecticut a [[crown colony]]. This colony was one of the [[Thirteen Colonies]] that fought against the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] rule in the [[American Revolution]].

The Connecticut River, [[Thames River (Connecticut)|Thames River]], and [[port]]s along the Long Island Sound became a [[
sea|maritime]] [[tradition]] in Connecticut. There are also many [[financial]] service [[company|companies]] in the state. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], Connecticut has the highest [[income]] per person, [[Human Development Index]] (0.962), and [[Household income in the United States|median household income]] in the United States.<ref name=USAToday/><ref name=census/><ref name=bbc/> Connecticut is a wealthy state, but there is a large difference in income between its [[u(contracted; show full)[[vo:Connecticut]]
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