- Tennessee, a constituent state of the United States of America, is in the upper South of the eastern United States.
- In 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state of the union, and it is known for its unique geography.
- The capital of the state is Nashville and the largest city is Memphis.
- Tennessee stretches 695 km in breadth from the Appalachian Mountain boundary with North Carolina in the east to the Mississippi River borders with Missouri and Arkansas in the west.
- Whereas, its narrow width, only 112 miles (180 km), separates its northern neighbors, Kentucky and Virginia, from Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, to the south.
