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Maryland, one of the South Atlantic states of the U. S. bordered on the N. by Pennsylvania, on the E. by Delaware, and the Atlantic Ocean, on the S. by Virginia, and on the SW and W. by West Virginia. The District of Columbia, site of the U. S. capital, is an enclave in the W. part of the state. The Potomac R. forms most of Maryland's W. boundary, and Chesapeake Bay deeply indents the E. section of the state.

Maryland entered the Union on April 28, 1788, as the seventh of the 13 original states.  The economy of the state, known for the production of tobacco in colonial times, became dominated by manufacturing in the late 19th century. The state is named for Henrietta Maria, the wife of Charles I of England. Maryland is called the Old Line State.