Thinh vuong chung Kentucky (tieng Anh: Commonwealth of Kentucky, phat am nhu "Ken-tac-ky") la tieu bang thu 15 cua Hoa Ky. Kentucky thuong đuoc coi la tieu bang mien Nam.
Đay la noi sinh cua Tong thong Abraham Lincoln (tai Hardin County).


Đia ly Kentucky, co ten hieu The Bluegrass State (Tieu bang Co poa), tiep giap voi ca nhung tieu bang mien Trung Tay va mien Trung Nam nhu Tay Virginia va Virginia ve phia đong, Tennessee ve phia nam, Missouri ve phia tay, va Illinois, Indiana va Ohio ve phia bac.
Doc theo ranh gioi phia bac va phia tay cua tieu bang lan luot la song Ohio va song Mississippi. Cac song lon khac cua Kentucky la song Kentucky, song Tennessee, song Cumberland, song Xanh, va song Licking.

Co the chia Kentucky thanh nam vung chinh: day nui Cumberland va cao nguyen Cumberland o đong nam, vung Co poa (Bluegrass region) o trung bac, cao nguyen Pennyroyal o phia trung nam va phia tay (con đuoc goi Pennyrile) voi hai thanh pho Elizabethtown va Bowling Green), vung than phia tay, va Mien đat mua Jackson (Jackson Purchase) o xa mien tay.
Kentucky la tieu bang duy nhat o nuoc My co mot vung đat lot vao giua tieu bang khac. O xa mien tay Kentucky co Kentucky Bend, mot mien đat nho tren bo song Mississippi. No giap voi Missouri va Tennessee (theo đuong song), do đong đat New Madrid tao ra.
Mien Co poa thuong đuoc chia thanh hai mien nho hon: mien Noi Co poa (Inner Bluegrass) – trong vong Lexington cach 145 kilomet (90 dam) – va mien Ngoai Co poa (Outer Bluegrass) bao gom hau het cac vung phia bac cua tieu bang, tren mien Go (Knobs Region). Phan lon mien Ngoai Co poa thuoc ve vung day đoi Eden Shale (Eden Shale Hills), co nhung đoi thap, doc va rat hep.


= Cac ky quan tu nhien noi tieng =
Đeo Cumberland (Cumberland Gap) la đuong chinh qua day Appalachian trong lich su My.
Cong vien Tieu bang thac Cumberland (Cumberland Falls) co cau vong trang duy nhat o Tay ban cau va mot trong hai tren the gioi (cai kia o Thac Victoria).
Cong vien Quoc gia Hang Mammoth (Mammoth Cave) đe khach đi bo vao ham dai nhat tren the gioi.
Khu đia chat hem Song Đo la mot phan cua Rung Quoc gia Daniel Boone.
Land Between the Lakes la Khu giai tri quoc gia truc thuoc Dich vu Rung Hoa Ky.
Rung Bernheim la vuon cay, rung, va khu bao ton tu nhien rong 57 km² (14.000 mau Anh) tai Clermont.

Khu tuong niem Quoc gia Sinh quan Abraham Lincoln tai Hodgenville.
Song va Khu giai tri quoc gia Big South Fork gan thanh pho Whitley.
Đuong mon lich su Quoc gia Nuoc mat cung đi qua Kentucky.
Nui Đen, noi cao nhat cua tieu bang, doc theo ranh gioi cua hai quan Harlan va Letcher.
Khu bao ton tu nhien Quoc gia Thac Bad Branch la khu bao ton tu nhien rong 10,68 km² (2.639 mau Anh) tren đuong doc phia nam cua nui Pine tai Quan Letcher. Đay la mot trong nhung noi co nhieu loai quy hiem va nguy hiem trong tieu bang, cung nhu co thac nuoc 18 met (60 foot) va dong song Kentucky Wild.
Rung ky niem Jefferson o phia nam thanh pho Louisville o mien Go. Đay la rung trong thanh pho lon nhat o Hoa Ky.
Cong vien Tieu bang Song Xanh thuoc Quan Taylor.


= Cac thanh pho lon =

Cac thanh pho lon nhat cua Kentucky va nhieu cac quan đang phat trien nhanh nhat tap trung o vung Tam giac Vang, phan lon vung nay nam trong mien Co poa, tru ba quan Hardin, Meade, va LaRue thuoc ve mien Pennyroyal.
Thanh pho lon nhat cua Kentucky la thanh pho Louisville (cung chinh phu voi Quan Jefferson), co dan so uoc luong nam 2004 la 556.332. Ben Kentucky cua khu vuc thong ke tong hop Louisville (Kentuckiana) co 1.120.039 nguoi. Thanh pho lon thu hai la Lexington (cung chinh phu voi Quan Fayette) co 260.512 nguoi, va khu vuc thong ke tong hop cua no co dan so uong luong la 635.547 nguoi vao nam 2005. Vung Bac Kentucky, tuc la bay quan cua Kentucky thuoc ve khu vuc thong ke tong hop cua Cincinnati, co dan so uoc luong nam 2005 la 403.727 nguoi. Cac khu vuc đo thi cua Louisville, Lexington, va Bac Kentucky co dan so tong cong la 2.159.313 vao nam 2005, tuong đuong 51,7% cua dan so toan tieu bang.
Hai vung thanh thi đang phat trien manh la vung Bowling Green va "Mien Ba Thanh pho" (Tri Cities Region) o mien Đong Nam Kentucky, bao gom Somerset, London, va Corbin.
Tuy chi co mot thanh pho, Somerset, o mien Ba Thanh pho co hon 10.000 dan cu, vung nay đang phat trien de so ve dan so va viec lam tu thap nien 1990, va nhieu nha đia ly cho rang đay la khu vuc thanh thi tiep theo cua Kentucky. Quan Laurel phat trien đac biet nhanh, va nhanh hon nhung vung khac nhu la Quan Scott va Quan Jessamine gan Lexington hay Quan Shelby va Quan Nelson gan Louisville. London, Kentucky coi nhu sap tang len dan so gap đoi tu 5.692 nguoi vao nam 2000 toi 10.879 vao nam 2010. Wal-Mart đa xay mot trung tam phan phoi o London vao nam 1997, tao ra hang ngan viec lam voi luong cao cho thanh pho.


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Bo Du lich Kentucky (tieng Anh)
Đoan the Lich su Kentucky (tieng Anh)
Kentucky Department of Tourism
The Kentucky Highlands Project
USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Kentucky Luu tru ngay 22 thang 9 nam 2006 tai Wayback Machine
State Facts Luu tru ngay 10 thang 8 nam 2014 tai Wayback Machine
Kentucky: Unbridled Spirit Luu tru ngay 16 thang 5 nam 2008 tai Wayback Machine
Kentucky Virtual Library
"Science In Your Backyard: Kentucky" Luu tru ngay 22 thang 9 nam 2006 tai Wayback Machine U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey, July 3, 2006, truy cap November 4, 2006
U.S. Census Bureau Kentucky QuickFacts Luu tru ngay 22 thang 6 nam 2015 tai Wayback Machine
Interactive Kentucky for Kids