Outline of Alabama

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Alabama:

General reference

Names
* Common name: Alabama
** Pronunciation:
* Official name: State of Alabama
* Abbreviations and name codes
** Postal symbol: AL
** ISO 3166-2 code: US-AL
** Internet second-level domain: .al.us
* Nicknames
**Cotton Plantation State
**Cotton State
** Heart of Dixie
** Lizard State
** Yellowhammer State
** Camellia State
Adjectival: Alabama
Demonyms
* Alabamian
* Alabaman

Geography of Alabama

Geography of Alabama

Alabama is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America
Location
* Northern Hemisphere
* Western Hemisphere
** Americas
*** North America
**** Anglo America
**** Northern America
***** United States of America
****** Contiguous United States
******* Central United States
******** East South Central States
******* Southern United States
******** Deep South
********* Gulf Coast of the United States
******** Southeastern United States
Population of Alabama: 4,779,736
Area of Alabama:
Atlas of Alabama

Places in Alabama

Environment of Alabama

Climate of Alabama
Geology of Alabama
Protected areas in Alabama
* State forests of Alabama
* List of nature centers in Alabama
Superfund sites in Alabama
Wildlife of Alabama
* Fauna of Alabama
** Amphibians of Alabama
** Mammals of Alabama
** Reptiles of Alabama
*Flora of Alabama
** Botanical gardens and arboretums in Alabama
** Trees of Alabama

Natural geographic features of Alabama

Regions of Alabama

Metropolitan areas of Alabama

Metropolitan areas of Alabama
Metropolitan areas of Alabama, ranked by size:

Administrative divisions of Alabama

Types of administrative divisions in Alabama:

Alabama's congressional districts

Demography of Alabama

Demographics of Alabama

Government and politics of Alabama

Branches of the government of Alabama

Government of Alabama

Executive branch of the government of Alabama

Legislative branch of the government of Alabama

Judicial branch of the government of Alabama

Courts of Alabama

Law and order in Alabama

Military in Alabama

History of Alabama

History of Alabama

History of Alabama, by period

Prehistory of Alabama
Spanish colony of Florida, 1565–1763
French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1763
British Colony of Georgia, 1732–1776
French and Indian War, 1754–1763
* Treaty of Paris of 1763
British Colony of West Florida, 1763–1783
British Indian Reserve, 1763–1783
* Royal Proclamation of 1763
American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
* United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
* Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
Territorial claims of State of South Carolina along 35th parallel north, 1776–1787
Territorial claims of State of Georgia from 31st parallel north to 35th parallel north, 1776–1802
Spanish colony of Florida Occidental, 1783–1821
* Treaty of San Lorenzo of 1795
* Republic of West Florida, 1810
Territory of Mississippi, 1798–1817
* War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
** United States unilaterally annexes Mobile District of Spanish Florida Occidental, 1812
** Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
* Creek War, 1813–1814
Territory of Alabama, 1817–1819
* History of slavery in Alabama
* Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819
State of Alabama becomes 22nd state admitted to the United States of America on December 14, 1819
* Trail of Tears, 1830–1838
* Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
* Fourth state to declare secession from the United States of America on January 11, 1861
* Founding state of the Confederate States of America on February 8, 1861
* American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
** Alabama in the American Civil War
*** Battle of Day's Gap, April 30, 1863
*** Battle of Athens, January 26, 1864
*** Battle of Mobile Bay, August 2–23, 1864
*** Franklin-Nashville Campaign, October 5 – December 25, 1864
**** Battle of Decatur, October 26–29, 1864
*** Battle of Spanish Fort, March 27 – April 8, 1865
*** Battle of Selma, April 2, 1865
*** Battle of Fort Blakeley, April 2–9, 1865
* Alabama in Reconstruction, 1865–1868
** Seventh former Confederate state readmitted to the United States of America on July 13, 1868
* Historical Panorama of Alabama Agriculture, October 2–7, 1939
* Civil Rights Movement from December 1, 1955, to January 20, 1969
** Montgomery bus boycott, December 1, 1955 – December 20, 1956
** Birmingham campaign, spring, 1963
** Selma to Montgomery marches, March 7–25, 1965

History of Alabama, by region

History of Alabama, by county

History of Alabama, by city

History of Alabama, by subject

List of the oldest buildings in Alabama
History of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System
List of Alabama state legislatures
History of slavery in Alabama
History of sports in Alabama
* History of sports in Mobile, Alabama
History of universities in Alabama
* History of the University of West Alabama
* History of the University of North Alabama
* History of the University of Alabama

Culture of Alabama

The arts in Alabama

Music of Alabama

Sports in Alabama

Sports in Alabama

Professional sports teams in Alabama

College sports in Alabama

Economy and infrastructure of Alabama

Economy of Alabama

Transportation in Alabama

Transportation in Alabama

Education in Alabama

Education in Alabama

Schools in Alabama
* School districts in Alabama
** High schools in Alabama
* Colleges and universities in Alabama
** Alabama State University
** University of Alabama
*** A-Day (University of Alabama)
*** University of Alabama System
**** University of Alabama at Birmingham
***** List of University of Alabama at Birmingham people
**** University of Alabama in Huntsville
***** 2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting
*** University of Alabama departments
**** University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences
**** University of Alabama School of Dentistry
**** University of Alabama School of Law
**** University of Alabama School of Medicine
*** University of Alabama Arboretum
*** University of Alabama fraternities and sororities
*** University of Alabama Observatories
**** University of Alabama Observatory
**** Old University of Alabama Observatory
*** List of University of Alabama people
*** Presidents of the University of Alabama
**** President's Mansion (University of Alabama)
*** University of Alabama Press
*** University of Alabama Quad
*** University of Alabama traditions
** University of North Alabama
*** University of North Alabama Planetarium and Observatory
*** University of North Alabama President's Home
** University of South Alabama
** University of West Alabama

Publications about Alabama

''Encyclopedia of Alabama''