Size of the State : About 491 miles long and 115 miles wide
Population : 5,900,000 (16th largest state)
Total Area : 42,146 square miles
Land : 41,220 square miles
Water : 926 square miles
Geographic : 5 miles NE of Murfreesboro in Rutherford County.
Center : Longitude: 86° 37.3'W, Latitude: 35° 47.7'N
Highest Point : Clingman's Dome, 6,643 feet, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Lowest Point : Mississippi Bottoms, 178 feet above sea level near the Mississippi River.
Major Rivers : Tennessee, Mississippi, Cumberland, Clinch, Duck
Major Lakes : Kentucky, Norris, Chickamauga, Cherokee, Tims Ford Reservoir
Bordering States : Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, North Carolina, Missouri and Arkansas
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