Okla/biography

Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South , it is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the 50 United States.

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Its residents are known as Oklahomans and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla , 'people' and humma , which translates as 'red'. With ancient mountain ranges, prairie, mesas , and eastern forests, most of Oklahoma lies in the Great Plains , Cross Timbers , and the U.

Interior Highlands , all regions prone to severe weather. Historically, it served as a government-sanctioned territory for American Indians moved from east of the Mississippi River, a route for cattle drives from Texas and related regions, and a destination for Southern settlers. There are currently 26 Indigenous languages spoken in Oklahoma.

A major producer of natural gas, oil, and agricultural products, Oklahoma relies on an economic base of aviation, energy, telecommunications, and biotechnology. The name Oklahoma comes from the Choctaw language phrase okla , 'people', and humma , translated as 'red'. Oklahoma later became the de facto name for Oklahoma Territory , and it was officially approved in , two years after that area was opened to American settlers.

Indigenous peoples were present in what is now Oklahoma by the last ice age. Southern Plains villagers lived in the central and west of the state, with a subgroup, the Panhandle culture people, living in the panhandle region.