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North Dakota (IPA: /ˌnɔrθəˈkoʊtə/) is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States of America. The 19th largest state by area in the U.S., it is the 48th most populous, with just over 640,000 residents as of 2006. North Dakota was carved out of the northern half of the Dakota Territory and admitted to the Union as the 39th state on November 2, 1889.

Trivia about north dakota

  • Farms & ranches cover 90% of this border state's land
  • Heidi Heitkamp has made her Bismarck as attorney general of this state
  • In 1997 the Fighting Sioux of the Univ. of this "North" state won their 6th NCAA hockey title
  • The least populous
  • Heading north on Interstate 29 from South Dakota, you pass through this state before reaching Canada
  • Midwesterners know it's the "Sioux State", as well as the "Flickertail State"
  • The geographical center of North America is near the town of Rugby in this state
  • ... Bismarck, this state's capital. That's it, nothing else, I just want to go there
  • The geographic center of North America is near the town of Rugby, in this U.S. state that borders Canada
  • Bismarck is the second-largest city in this state
  • Its official motto is "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable"
  • The geographic center of North America is in this state that borders Canada
  • A gold medal went to this state's Grand Forks Herald for coverage of a flood & other disasters
  • This state borders two Canadian provinces: Manitoba & Saskatchewan
  • History buffs enjoy touring Bonanzaville, USA, a reconstructed pioneer village in West Fargo in this state
  • A city named Beach is found in this landlocked U.S. state wedged between Montana & Minnesota
  • Montana
  • This state's Theodore Roosevelt Nat'l Park encompasses Teddy's Elkhorn Ranch & part of the Badlands
  • Earl Pomeroy from this state with 53 counties, including Sioux & Grand Forks
  • Its cities include Minot, Jamestown & Grand Forks
  • The International Peace Garden is a park on the border of Manitoba & this U.S. state
  • Its nickname is the "Peace Garden State"