Looking for: Alabama state - alabama state: Click here to ENTER Home | Alabama Secretary of State. | The Official Website of the State of Alabama Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U. With a total of 1, miles 2, km of inland waterways , Alabama has among the most of any state. 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. Alabama's capital is Montgomery , and its largest city by population and area is Huntsville. Originally home to many native tribes, present-day Alabama was a Spanish territory beginning in the sixteenth century until the French acquired it in the early eighteenth century. The British won the territory in until losing it in the American Revolutionary War. Spain held Mobile as part of Spanish West Florida until In December , Alaba...