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New Hampshire is a state in
the New England region of
the northeastern United
States of America. The state
was named after the southern
English county of Hampshire.
It borders Massachusetts to
the south, Vermont to the
west, Maine to the east, and
the Canadian province of
Quebec to the north. New
Hampshire ranks 44th in land
area, 46th in total area of
the 50 states, and 41st in
population. It became the
first post-colonial
sovereign nation in the
Americas when it broke off
from Great Britain in
January 1776, and was one of
the original thirteen states
that founded the United
States of America six months
later. It was the ninth
state to ratify the United
States Constitution,
bringing that document into
effect. New Hampshire was
the first U.S. state to have
its own state constitution,
and is the only state with
neither a general sales tax
nor a personal income tax at
either the state or local
level.[4] Concord is the
state capital, while
Manchester is the largest
city in the state.
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