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Governor: Dannel P. Malloy
State motto: Qui Transtulit Sustinet
State bird: American robin
State animal: Sperm whale
State flower: Mountain laurel
State tree: Charter oak
State capitol: Hartford
State population: 3,510,297
Time zone: Eastern time zone
State abbreviation: CT
Border states: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York
Admission to Statehood: January 9th, 1788
Largest city: Brodgeport
Highest point: Bear Mountain which is 2,380 feet tall
Lowest point: Long Island Sound which is sea level
Professional Sports teams: There are no professional sports teams.
Division 1 colleges: The Connecticut Huskies and the Yale Bulldogs
Famous people born in Connecticut: John Ashton, Kevin Bacon, Chris and Dylan Bruno, Glenn Close, Michael J. Fox, David Letterman, Marilyn Monroe, and Meg Ryan

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