The typical division of branches is into a legislature, an executive, and a judiciary. It can be contrasted with the fusion of powers in a parliamentary system where the executive and legislature (and sometimes parts of the judiciary) are unified.
Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird. Alabama is also known as the Heart of Dixie and the Cotton State. The state tree is the longleaf pine, and the state flower is the camellia.
Location of Alabama. Alabama is situated between latitude 30Â°13' N to 35Â° North of the Equator and longitude 84Â°51' W to 88Â°28' West of Greenwich Meridian. Alabama shares its border with Mississippi in the west, Georgia in the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Florida in the south, and Tennessee in the north.