What is Louisiana Known for?

[{"selector":"#anim-b9d60720-3d00-478b-944a-30c5585a1350","keyframes":[{"transform":"scale(1)","offset":0},{"transform":"scale(1.2)","offset":0.33},{"transform":"scale(0.98)","offset":0.66},{"transform":"scale(1)","offset":1}],"delay":0,"duration":1450,"easing":"ease-in-out","fill":"both","iterations":1}] [{"selector":"#anim-c174d0fe-4349-41f5-9e61-c322e76d97e2 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.24062488616884%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more

Louisiana sits within the USA’s Deep South region, neighboring Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi, with a southern coastal border along the Gulf of Mexico.

[{"selector":"#anim-caec573a-08ed-4229-bfaa-61d590ab5ebd","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e6e01008-c6f3-47be-b001-5cd1b1dca8fb","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 161.67694%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b2f95621-8481-4fe2-ba1f-937ab4f32f0d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-209113ab-19dd-4aaa-9e3a-20c372c8939a","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -99.5169%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more

Louisiana is a fascinating place with a rich culture and history which draws the interest of tourists, artists and musicians from all over the world.

[{"selector":"#anim-8b949f57-0cf4-424b-8ca8-c5d0f69da2d0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":101,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8d657bf9-9799-4996-8486-3e2981435101","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":101,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-36eb5c43-ba26-4401-bb56-84e154dcdad0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":101,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d27007ae-c912-49f4-8489-74708352bd92","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.45741%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":101,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

American football is the most popular sport in Louisiana.

[{"selector":"#anim-8097b9f1-da72-44ca-bd84-86a6f0ddd6ff","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":450,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0bbbd352-4ff2-4abf-b9f3-97094ac34e30","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(115.55555%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":450,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5931172c-ff42-4930-8285-6d8593c359f3","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":450,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-39ab8df6-701e-4ed3-ac76-e26e5a15954f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":450,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more

The three largest cities in Louisiana are New Orleans (pop. 391,500), Baton Rouge (the State Capital, pop. 227,500), and Shreveport (pop. 195,000).

[{"selector":"#anim-0eb2c56e-74bc-44f6-b36e-c24dec2457e7","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7978e0ca-cea0-47a2-9e9d-2d85a28cd127","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-71d574fe-89b6-46e8-93a9-fa48fa79597c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more

Landscape

[{"selector":"#anim-95985402-f43a-4f66-8444-f88de46576bb","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8650f44f-f610-4bd1-b53a-4b669a244cb9","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.55555%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d72acf68-06f8-4544-b802-a3d114d532c9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":450,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-650392c2-3ef7-4065-8cad-214f699333af","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.55555%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":450,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more

Louisiana has around 53,622 miles of river including the Mississippi which flows through the state before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico around 100 miles downstream of New Orleans.

[{"selector":"#anim-973ed3a1-c484-48e4-80bd-54ef3ff82127","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":450,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-51adc63b-1d6b-4bbb-b364-69f97a542299","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -174.29792%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":450,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-022ad786-9390-428e-9b03-1eea6e4f00d5","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":450,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5ed7962a-5429-46e0-aa24-6f381db8b8be","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":450,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8307f58b-09e8-4ee0-bff8-22e44bd6e76e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":450,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b9b529d0-74c3-4c39-930c-947c50cac048","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -293.05569%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":450,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more

Mardi Gras

[{"selector":"#anim-1f45d534-8092-4604-9337-3ce369f48d59","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-507f6a52-6d5d-4f90-bd08-527445a60c87","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(115.55555%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ff6ab0d6-bf7e-43fa-b46b-215328fb1a1b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":450,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d7ca8698-1cfe-4ff9-980a-e834d8e47c0d","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.92064%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":450,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was first held in 1970, organized and run by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation.

[{"selector":"#anim-0ebaf17c-b961-4399-a389-1773d5c41349","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-11985846-e6d9-4215-b60b-1f5d8231a09d","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -100.06089%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0605831a-5b9f-4b38-9862-f04ab61e4df0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":450,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bc2205dc-4189-4c74-8809-90696c430227","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.14196%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":450,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0a6023a4-320b-453e-bf7e-3c52b3a0bfa3","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-032a22b2-8322-43dc-a285-c20fa99133a5","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.14196%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more

SWIPE UP TO DISCOVER MORE OF THE INTERESTING AND AMAZING THINGS Louisiana State IS KNOWN FOR!

[{"selector":"#anim-28c4478e-1f88-49e3-8f08-cfe7d8f483e1","keyframes":[{"offset":0,"transform":"translate3d(0, -267.09402%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.29,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.45,"transform":"translate3d(0, -75.106838424%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.61,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.71,"transform":"translate3d(0, -25.534188312%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.8,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.85,"transform":"translate3d(0, -9.588675318%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.92,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.96,"transform":"translate3d(0, -4.166666712%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":1,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"}],"delay":0,"duration":1600,"fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f7387065-9419-433d-abaa-90194857314d","keyframes":[{"offset":0,"transform":"translate3d(0, -236.61774%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.29,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.45,"transform":"translate3d(0, -66.536908488%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.61,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.71,"transform":"translate3d(0, -22.620655944%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.8,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.85,"transform":"translate3d(0, -8.494576866000001%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.92,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.96,"transform":"translate3d(0, -3.691236744%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":1,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"}],"delay":0,"duration":1600,"fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-724243eb-cb58-40cc-8ff5-304f6fb4ac3d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.24062488616884%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Swipe Up!

What is Louisiana Known for?

Louisiana sits within the USA’s Deep South region, neighboring Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi, with a southern coastal border along the Gulf of Mexico.

Louisiana is a fascinating place with a rich culture and history which draws the interest of tourists, artists and musicians from all over the world.

American football is the most popular sport in Louisiana.

The three largest cities in Louisiana are New Orleans (pop. 391,500), Baton Rouge (the State Capital, pop. 227,500), and Shreveport (pop. 195,000).

Landscape

Driskill Mountain in northern Louisiana is the state’s highest point, with an elevation of 535 feet above sea level.

Louisiana has around 53,622 miles of river including the Mississippi which flows through the state before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico around 100 miles downstream of New Orleans.

Rivers

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday”, an occasion which falls on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, and is celebrated in many different ways around the world.

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was first held in 1970, organized and run by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation.

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

SWIPE UP TO DISCOVER MORE OF THE INTERESTING AND AMAZING THINGS Louisiana State IS KNOWN FOR!

Read More Stories

What is Maine Known for?

What is Mississippi Known for?