
State of Alabama
Capital city Montgomery Biggest city Birmingham Surface 135,765 km² Population 5.040.000 Length of highway network 1,616 km First highway 1959 Abbreviation AL Alabama is a state in the southern United States. The state has 5 million inhabitants (2021) and an area of 135,765 km², about 3.5 times the size of the Netherlands. The capital is Montgomery, the largest city is Birmingham. Geography Alabama is located in the southern United States and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico. The state is bordered by Mississippi to the west, Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, and Florida to the south. Alabama measures a maximum of 530 kilometers from north to south and 335 kilometers from west to east. Large parts of Alabama are densely forested. To the south is…