**Arkansas** sī Bí-kok ê chi̍t-ê chiu. I ê siú-hú kap siāng-tōa ê siâⁿ-chhī sī Little Rock.

Arkansas tī 1832 nî ka-ji̍p Bí-kok Liân-pang, chiân-chó Bí-kok tē 25-ê chiu.

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*Arkansas* chit-ê miâ ê gí-goân kap lēng-gōa chi̍t chiu Kansas ū kâng-khoán ê sêng-hun, lóng sī tùi Kansa pō͘-cho̍k hō--lâi. *Arkansas* pún-sin sī Hoat-gí tùi Quapaw-ōe ê *akakaze* chioh--lâi, goân-té ì-sù sī "(tòa) khe-bóe ê lâng", nā Sioux-ōe mā ū kóng *akakaze*, ì-sù sī "lâm hong ê lâng". 

Bí-kok kok-hōe pat gī-lūn *Arkansas* ê jī bóe *s* sī-m̄-sī bô hoat-im, 1881 nî, in koat-tēng koan-hong sú-iōng mài hoat ê ho͘-im /ˈɑrkənsɔː/ ("a-khén-soh").

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Arkansas ê lâm-pêng sī Louisiana, sai-lâm sī Texas, sai-pêng sī Oklahoma, pak-pêng sī Missouri, nā tang-pêng ū Tennessee kap Mississippi.

Arkansa ē-tàng kan-tan hun chò nn̄g pòaⁿ pêng, sai-pak pêng sī koân-tē, nā tang-lâm pêng sī sǹg kē-tē. Koân-tē hit hūn lāi-té pau-koat liáu Ozark Soaⁿ-tē kap Ouachita Soaⁿ-tē; kē-tē ê pō͘-hūn, ū Hái-oan-kîⁿ Pêng-goân (Gulf Coastal Plain) kap Arkansas Saⁿ-kak-chiu tē-khu. Kî-tha chū-jiân tē-lí siōng ê hun-khu koh ū Arkansas Hô-kok (Arkansas River Valley), Crowley Soaⁿ-kiā (Crowley's Ridge) téng-téng.

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Chêng 11700 chó͘-iū, Arkansas chit ūi í-keng ū lâng teh seng-oa̍h, in khó-lêng sī ē-hiáu liah Mammoth kó͘-chhiūⁿ ê pō͘-cho̍k. Lông-gia̍p tī tāi-khài chêng 650 nî khai-sí, kun-kù khó-kó͘ gián-kiù, chit chūn chū-só͘ kēng-ka hó-sè, kang-gē mā khah ho̍k-cha̍p. Tī kî-tha Bí-chiu goān-chū bîn-cho̍k tōa-kûn tùi sai-pêng sóa--lài chìn-chêng, Arkansas chit ūi chú-iàu ū Quapaw, Caddo kap Osage téng cho̍k khiā-khí.

Só͘ chai siāng chá lâi kàu Arkansas ê Au-chiu-lâng sī 1541 nî Se-pan-gâ thàm-hiám-ka Hernando de Soto, i ùi chia siu-chi̍p chu-goân kap kim-á, tī tang-pak-pō͘ tú chia̍p-chhio̍k Casqui lâng, Soto hong chhōa khì pak-pêng ê Pacaha pō͘-lo̍k, koh chham-ú an-pâi nn̄g cho̍k lâng ê hô-pêng tiâu-iok. 

1673 nî, Hoat-kok ê Jacques Marquette kap Louis Jolliet tī chè-chō Mississippi Hô tē-tô͘ lō͘ tiong lâi kàu Arkansas Hô. Au-lâi in tó-tńg pak-pêng. Robert La Salle tī 1681 nî chìn-ji̍p Arkansas, āu-bóe in chú-tiuⁿ kûi tiâu Mississippi Hô sio̍k Sin Hoat-lân-se. Au-chiu lâng tī chiu lāi siāng chá ê chng-thâu sī Arkansas Post, sī 1686 nî Henri De Tonto kiàn-li̍p, tong-sî ēng chò kau-e̍k mô͘-phôe téng mi̍h-kiāⁿ ê tē-tiám. Āu-lâi Hoat-kok the̍h hâm Arkansas chāi lāi ê Louisiana Léng-thó͘ kap Se-pan-gâ sio-ōaⁿ Florida. 1783 nî 4 goe̍h Arkansans hoat-seng î-it sio̍k Bí-kok Kek-bēng Chiàn-cheng ê chiàn-sū. Hit tong-sî Eng-kok James Colbert chhōa kūn tī Choctaw kap Chickasaw goân-chū-bîn ê hia̍p-chō͘ hā kong-lio̍k Arkansas Post.

Bí-kok sêng-li̍p liáu-āu, Arkansas óa-ná koh tī Se-pan-gâ koán lāi. Āu-bóe Hoat-kok Napoleon Bonaparte cheng-ho̍k Se-pang-gâ, hâm Arkansas chāi-lāi ê Louisiana soah tī 1800 nî Tē-saⁿ-chhù San Ildefonso Tiâu-iok koh chài hō͘ Hoat-kok chiàm--khì. 1803 nî sî, Hoat-kok kā Louisiana bē hō͘ Bí-kok. Tit tio̍h sin thó͘-tē liáu-āu, chóng-thóng Thomas Jefferson phài lâng thàm-châ léng-thó͘. Kî-tiong William Dunbar chhōa tūi hiòng lâm-pêng thàm-lō͘, pat lâi kàu Arkansas tiong-pō͘ tiāu-cha, in tī 1805 nî pò-kó liáu tong-tē goân-chū-bîn oa̍h-tāng, chháu-bo̍k tōng-bu̍t, mā hun-sek un-chôaⁿ sêng-hun.

1812 nî, sin bé ê Louisiana Léng-thó͘ kái miâ Missouri Léng-thó͘; 1819 nî, Arkansas Léng-thó͘ koh tùi lāi-té hun--chhut-lâi. Sin siat ê Arkansas Léng-thó͘ siú-hú tī Arkansas Post, hoān-ûi hâm tōa-hūn ê āu-lâi Oklahoma chāi-lāi; hia ke--chhut ê tē-hng tī 1828 lēng-gōa nî khui-siat Indian Léng-thó͘.

1819 nî kàu 1836 nî kî-kan Arkansas hoān-ûi piàn-hòa.
1836 nî, chóng-thóng Andrew Jackson chhiam-sú Arkansas chiu sêng-li̍p ê sin-chhéng. In ka-ji̍p Bí-kok ê tāi-chì tī hit-chūn kok-hōe mā ín-khí tùi pún-té chio̍h chin siū gī-lūn ê lô͘-lē-chè būn-tê ê thó-lūn. 1837 nî ê sî, chiu lāi hoat-seng kim-hiông chai-hāi, chō-sêng pún-lâi chio̍h khùn-lân ê keng-chè keng-ka put sūn.

1861 nî, tī Abraham Lincoln chóng-thóng iau-kiû Arkansas tùi-hù Fort Sumter ê honá-khòng liáu-āu. Arkansas chiu-hōe koat-tēng thoat-lî liân-pang, ka-ji̍p America Liân-bêng-kok. Hit-chūn Arkansas oa̍h pak ê lâng khah phian Liân-pan (pak-kun), lâm-pêng ê lâng khah phian Liân-bêng (lâm-kun). Lōe-chiàn liáu-āu tī 1868 nî, kun-kù kok-hōe ê Kun-sū tiông-kiàn Hoat-àn (Military Reconstruction Act), Arkansas têng-sin ka-ji̍p liân-pan. Kiōng-hô-tóng khòng-chè ê gī-hōe koh thong-kòe ta-po͘ ê soán-kí khoân-lī. Chit-sî, ūi-tio̍h tùi-hù Kiōng-hô-tóng ki-chìn-phài tùi chiu-lāi sū-bū ê chi-phòe, KKK hoat-khí oa̍h-tāng, ín-khí liáu hō-chò Brooks-Baxter Chiàn-cheng (Brooks-Baxter War) ê chhiong-tu̍t.

Siū pak-pō͘ kap tiong-se-pō͘ kang-gia̍p hoat-tián ê éng-hióng, chin chē lâm-pō͘ ê o͘-lâng tī 20 sè-kí chho͘-kî hiòng gōa liû-tōng. Kàu 1930 nî-tāi, mî-hoe sán-gia̍p ûi chú ê Arkansas, tī keng-chè siau-tiâu tiong mā chin siū éng-hióng, kàu Jī-chhù Tāi-chiàn sî-kî chia̍h koh khoe-ho̍k.

1950 nî-tāi, Bí-kok ê chòe-ko hoat-īⁿ soan-pò͘ chéng-cho̍k hun-lî chèng-chhek ê ûi-hiàn. Ín-khí Arkansas chāi-lāi chi̍t kóa chiu-hūn kok-hōe gī-goân hoat-khí Lâm-hong Soan-giân (Southern Manifesto), hoán-tùi hoat-īⁿ ê koat-gī.

1993 nî, Arkansas chhut-sin ê Bill Clinton tóng-sóng chóng-thóng, i tī chìn-chêng mā sī pún chiu chiu-tiúⁿ.

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Arkansas tī 2014 nî ê GDP sī 121,395 pa̍h-bān bí-kim. Arkansas tī kin-á-ji̍t lông-gia̍p jîn-kháu taⁿ chiàm 3% chó͘-iū, chóng-sī lông-sán óa-ná sī pún chiu chú-iàu ê sán-gia̍p chi it. In sī Bí-kok chhōa-thâu ê tiū-bí, ba̍h-ke (broilers) kap hóe-ke ê chhut-sán-chiá, mā sī pâi thâu saⁿ miâ ê mî-hoe sán-tē. 

Chè-chō-gia̍p hong-bīn, Arkansas chú-iáu bu̍t-sán ū si̍t-phín ka-kang, tiān-chú lêng-kiāⁿ, ki-hâi, chè-chóa téng-téng. In mā seng-sán ga-suh, chio̍h-iû téng khòng-sán. Arkansas chiu lāi ū 52 chō kok-ka kong-hn̂g, koan-kong mā sī pún chiu ê tiōng-iàu keng-chè sêng-hun.

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1. ↑  Blevins 2009, p. 2.
2. ↑  "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015" (CSV). U.S. Census Bureau. December 26, 2015. December 26, 2015 khòaⁿ--ê.
3. 1 2  "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. October 21, 2011 khòaⁿ--ê.
4. ↑  Total Gross Domestic Product by State for Arkansas, FRED.

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