# Alabama

| Alabama Chiu State of Alabama |
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| Chiu-kî | Chiu-chiong |

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| Chhiok-hō: The Yellowhammer State, Heart of Dixie, The Cotton State |
| Piau-gí: Latin-gí: *Audemus iura nostra defendere* Goán káⁿ hông-siú goán-ê khoân-lī |
| Map of the United States with Alabama highlighted |
| Koan-hong gí-giân | English |
| Liû-thong gí-giân | As of 2010* Eng-gí 95.1%
* Se-pan-gâ-gí 3.1%
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| Chū-bîn chheng-ho͘ | Alabamian |
| Siú-hú | Montgomery |
| Siāng-tōa siâⁿ-chhī | Birmingham |
| Siāng-tōa to͘-hōe | Birmingham to͘-hōe-khu |
| Bīn-chek | Pâi-miâ tē-30  |
|  • Ha̍p-kè | 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km2) |
|  • Tang-sai khoah | 190 mí (305 km) |
|  • Lâm-pak khoah | 330 mí (531 km) |
|  • % chúi-bīn | 3.20 |
|  • Hūi-tō͘ | 30° 11′ N to 35° N |
|  • Keng-tō͘ | 84° 53′ W to 88° 28′ W |
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| Jîn-kháu | Pâi-miâ tē-24  |
|  • Ha̍p-kè | 4,863,300 (2016 ko͘.) |
|  • Bi̍t-tō͘ | 94.7 (2011 ko͘.)/sq mi  (36.5 (2011 ko͘.)/km2) Pâi-miâ 27th |
|  • Hō͘-kháu siu-ji̍p tiong-ta̍t | $44,509 (tē-47) |
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| Koân-tō͘ |  |
|  • Ko-tiám | Mount Cheaha 2,413 ft (735.5 m) |
|  • Pêng-kin | 500 ft  (150 m) |
|  • Kē-tiám | Mexico Oan 0 ft (0 m) |
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| Siat chiu chìn-chêng | Alabama Territory |
| Sin chiu seng-li̍p | 1819 nî 12 goe̍h 14 ji̍t (tē-22) |
| Chiu-tiúⁿ | Kay Ivey (R) |
| Li̍p-hoat | Alabama Li̍p-hoat-hōe  |
|  • Siōng-gī-īⁿ | Chham-gī-īⁿ R-25, D-8 |
|  • Hā-gī-īⁿ | Chiòng-gī-īⁿ R-72, D-33 |
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| Liân-pang Chham-gī-goân | Richard Shelby (R) Luther Strange (R) |
| Liân-pang Chiòng-gī-goân | 6-ê Kiōng-hô-tóng, 1-ê Bîn-chú-tóng (lia̍t-toaⁿ) |
| Sî-khu  |    |
|  • most of state | Tiong-iong: UTC −6/−5 |
|  • Phenix City, Alabama area | Tang-pō͘: UTC −5/−4 |
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| ISO 3166 | US-AL |
| Kán-siá | AL, Ala. |
| Bāng-chām | alabama.gov |

**Alabama** ("Óa-im: "*a-lá-bá-mah*"") sī Bí-kok ê chi̍t-ê chiu. I ê siú-hú sī Montgomery, put-jî-kò siāng-tōa ê siâⁿ-chhī sī Birmingham.

Alabama tī 1819 nî ka-ji̍p Bí-kok Liân-pang, chiâⁿ-chò Bí-kok tē 22-ê chiu.

## Tē-hō-miâ

*Alabama* chit-ê miâ tāi-seng sī hō tī Alabama lâng, chi̍t kûn kóng Muskogee gí-giân ê pō͘-cho̍k. Tī Alabama-gí, in pún-cho̍k ê lâng tio̍h hō chò sī *Albaamo* (chiàu tē-hng ū chē khoán piàn-hòa). Hernando de Soto ê kì-lio̍k lāi-bīn í-keng ū *Alibamo*; lēng-gōa ia̍h ū lâng kì *Alibamu* he̍k-chiá *Limamu*; Siōng chá tī 1702 nî, Hoat-kok lâng mā chheng chia-ê lâng sī *Alibamon*.

Pún jī ê ì-gī bô khak-tēng ê kóng-hoat, ū-ê ha̍k-chiá jīn-ûi sī tùi Choctaw-gí ê *alba* lâi--ê (chí "si̍t-bu̍t" ia̍h "chéng-chí") kap *amo* (chí "chhiat", "siu-chi̍p") ū ê, goân-chéng ê ì-sù ū khó-lêng sī "chhái chháu-io̍h ê lâng".

## Tē-lí

Alabama chóng bīn-chek 135,760 pêng-hong kong-lí, sī Bí-kok tē 13 tōa ê chiū hūn. Tī Alabama pak-pêng sī Tennessee, tang-pêng sī Georgia, lâm-pêng ū Florida kiam óa Mexico Oan, sai-pêng koh ū Mississippi.

## Le̍k-sú

Siōng-bô 12,000 tang chêng, goân-chū-bîn chiō chûn-chāi tī kin-á-ji̍t Bí-kok ê lâm-hong. Chêng 1000 nî kàu Āu 1000 nî sī khó-kó͘-ha̍k só͘ kóng ê Woodland sî-kî, tong-sî lâng tī chia hū-kīn hoat-tián chhut chi̍t khoán chè-chōe hûi-khì kiam sió kui-bô͘ lông-gia̍p ê bûn-hòa.

Tong Au-chiu-lâng lâu kàu ê sî, Alabama Chāi-tē ê pō͘-cho̍k ū Cherokee, Alabama, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, kap Koasati. Se-pan-gâ lâng tāi-seng tī 16 sè-kí khai-sí chiap-chhio̍k Alabama tē-hng, Hernando de Soto ê thàm-hiám tī 1540 nî keng-kòe liáu Mabila kap kî-tha ê só͘-chāi. Kàu 1702 nî ê sî, Hoat-kok lâng ùi Kū Mobile kiàn-li̍p khí siāng chá ê Au-chiu-lâng chng-siā; in koh tī 1711 nî kā siâⁿ sóa kòe kin-á-ji̍t Mobile ê tē-tiám. It-ti̍t kàu 1763 nî í-chêng, hia sī Hoat-kok niá-tē La Louisiane ê chi̍t pō͘-hūn.

Keng-kòe Chhit-nî Chiàn-cheng, Hoat-kok niū chhut hâm Alabama chāi-lāi ê thó͘-tē hō͘ Eng-kok, in chiong Alabama ōe ji̍p Eng-kok Sai Florida, tùi 1763 nî koán kàu 1783 nî. Té-bé tī Bí-kok Kek-bēng kòe-āu, pún tē-khu hō͘ Bí-kok kap Se-pan-gâ pun--khì. 1813 nî ê sî, goân-choân hō͘ Bí-kok chiàm-niá.

Mississippi kap Alabama ê kiàn-li̍p hoān-ûi ké-soeh-tô͘.
Tī Mississippi ùi 1817 nî 12 goe̍h 10 ji̍t kiàn-li̍p chò sin chiu chìn-chêng, goân Mississippi Léng-thó͘ ê tâng-pòaⁿ-pêng hông pun chi̍t hūn chhut--lâi, tī 3 goe̍h 3 ji̍t kái chò Alabama Léng-thó͘, kàu 1819 nî í-chêng, in siat siú-hú tī St. Stephens. 1819 nî 12 goe̍h 14, Alabama sin siat chò Bí-kok tē-22 chiu, tong-sî chí-tēng siú-hú tī Huntsville, kàu 1820 nî ê sî koh sóa kòe Cahaba.

Chi̍t kóa gia̍p-chú chhōa in ê lô͘-lē tùi Téng Lâm-hng (*Upper South*) hiòng Alabama hoat-tián. Alabama tī 1810 nî àn ko͘-sǹg ū 10,000 jîn-kháu, kàu 1830 nî ê sî-chūn, í-keng chin-ka kàu 300,000. Chit-ê sî-kî, chiu lāi tōa-pō͘-hūn ê goân-chū-bîn ia̍h siū 1830 nî kok-hōe Indian Poaⁿ-sóa Hoat-àn (*Indian Removal Act*) ê éng-hióng, hông chhian khì pa̍t ūi.

1861 nî 1 goe̍h 11, Alabama soan-pò͘ thoat-lî liân-pang, keng-kòe kúi ji̍t to̍k-li̍p kiōng-hô ê tē-ūi, tè-bé ka-ji̍p America Pang-liân-kok. Tong-sî Pang-liân siat siú-hú tī Montgomery. Alabama ū 12 bān ê peng-á chham-ka liáu Bí-kok Lōe-chiàn.

Chiàn-sū kòe-āu sī Bí-kok ê Tiông-kiàn sî-kî, Alabama ê lô͘-lē tī 1865 nî hông kái-hòng. Alabama siū chi̍t tōaⁿ sî-kî ê kun-sū thóng-tī, kàu 1868 nî ê sî têng-sin ka-ji̍p Bí-kok. In mā tī 1868 nî kiàn-li̍p sin-ê hiàn-hoat, siat-li̍p kong ha̍k-hāu hē-thóng jî-chhiá ka-kiông cha-bó͘-lâng ê koân-lī.

Lōe-chiàn liáu-āu, mā koh hoat-seng chiam-tùi chù-iû-lâng (chū-iû ê chêng lô͘-lē) kap Kiōng-hô-tóng phài ê hoán-loān, chiō sī goân-chho͘ ê Ku Klux Klan ūn-tōng. Kàu 1874 nî, Bîn-chú-tóng têng-sin khòng-chè liáu Alabama ê li̍p-hoat-koân kiam chiu-tiúⁿ ê ūi, koh ùi 1875 nî chè-tēng lēng-gōa ê hiàn-hoat, khai-sí si̍t-hêng chi̍t kóa chéng-cho̍k pun-lī ê chèng-chhek. 1901 nî ê Alabama Hiàn-hoat chiō pau-koat liáu kiám-khoân (*disenfranchisement*) kap hun-lî ê kui-tēng, chi̍t hong-bīn keng-kòe sòe-kim kap bat-jī chhì-giām, kàng-kē O͘-lâng kap goân-chū-bîn ê tâu-phiò-koân. chi̍t hong-bīn ia̍h iau-kiû kong-li̍p ha̍k-hāu hun-lî chéng-cho̍k.

Koan-hē Tē-jī-chhù Sè-kài Tāi-chiàn ê su-kiû, ín-khí chi̍t kái keng-chè ê hoat-ián. Tùi 1940 nî kàu 1943 nî, chhiau-kòe 8.9 bān lâng sóa ji̍p siâⁿ-chhī chò chiàn-cheng siong-koan ê khang-khòe.

1950, 60 nî-tāi, sī O͘-lâng Kong-bîn-khoân Ūn-tōng oa̍h-hiáⁿ ê sî-chūn, in iau-kiû kiat-sok chá-chêng kiàn-li̍p ê kiám-khoân kap hun-lî chèng-chhek. 1954 nî, Bí-kok Chòe-ko Hoat-īⁿ keng-kòe *Brown tùi Kàu-io̍k-hōe* kong-àn, chhâi-phòaⁿ kong-li̍p ha̍k-hāu tio̍h ài chhú-siau hun-lî chè-tō͘, chóng-sī Alabama sī thoa-soa--á phòe-ha̍p, jî-chhiá ia̍h hoán-khòng liân-pang ê an-pâi. Té-bé hoat-seng chē pái ê Kong-bîn Khoân-lī Ūn-tōng sū-kiāⁿ, pí-lūn Montgomery Bus Boycott, Freedom Rides, Selma to Montgomery iû-hêng téng oa̍h-tāng.

## Keng-chè

Alabama tī 2015 nî ê GDP sī 199,656 pa̍h-bān bí-kim. Chiàu 2015 nî ê chu-liāu, pún chiu siāng-chē lâng chò ê khang-khòe sī chè-chō-gia̍p.

## Chham-khó