Which US state has all the vowels?

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Challenge answer: 953,161. You get the answer from looking at corresponding numbers on the periodic table of the elements. For example, B stands for boron (#5), O stands for oxygen (#8), and Y stands for yttrium (#39), which go together to make 5,839. Similarly, F is fluorine (#9), I is iodine (#53), S is sulfur (#16), and H is hydrogen (#1), which go together to make the answer.

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This week's challenge: This week's challenge comes from listener Mark Meiches, of Dallas. Name a state that contains all five vowels — A, E, I, O, and U — once each.

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Source: tourdeprofit.com

Here’s my list of cities whose name contains all five of the vowels (a, e, i, o, u) in the Latin/Roman alphabet. A couple of interesting findings among the list:

• The majority of city names with all the vowels consist of multiple words.
• Six cities were found to contain all five vowels in a one word name – these are highlighted in bold.
• If you included “y” as a vowel, only three of the cities on the list would remain (two are located in France and one in Saudi Arabia. These are shown in italics.
• City names with “Mountain” included in it appears to have the best chance of including all five vowels in the USA – four such cities are listed.
• The largest cities whose name contains all five vowels are both Spanish in origin: Ciudad de Mexico (Mexico City), Mexico and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Any additions are most welcome, but please limit them to cities of at least 10,000 residents. Cheers!

• Ain Oussera, Algeria
• Ain Temouchent, Algeria
• Alexandroupoli, Greece
• Apache Junction, AZ, USA
• Baie-Comeau, QC, Canada
• Berrouaghia, Algeria
• Boulogne-Billancourt, France
• Boumhelel-Bassatine, Tunisia
• Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Castro-Urdiales,aspain
• Ciudad Madero, Mexico
• Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
• Cote-Saint-Luc, QC, Canada
• Dogubeyazit, Turkey
• Donaueschingen, Germany
• Essaouira, Morocco
• Fountenay-sous-Bois, France
• Guidonia Montecelio, Italy
• Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, USA
• Huntington Beach, CA USA
• Inezgane Ait Melloul, Morocco
• Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
• King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia
• Mediouna, Morocco
• Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia
• Modiin-Maccabinn-Reut, Israel
• Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
• Mountain Grove, MO, USA
• Mountain Home, AR and ID, USA
• Mountain View, CA, USA
• Oued Zenati, Algeria
• Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chile
• Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• Port Saint Lucie, FL, USA
• Runeil-Malmaison, France
• Quince Orchard, MD, USA
• Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC, Canada
• Saint-Laurentidu-Maroni, France
• Saint-Maur-des-Fosses, France
• Six-Fours-les-Plages, France
• South Padre Island, TX, USA
• Stone Mountain, GA, USA
• Sunrise Manor, NV, USA
• Upper Arlington, OH, USA
• Washington Court House, OH, USA
• West Columbia, SC, USA

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