North Dakota (/-d ə ˈ k oʊ t ə / ()) is a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States.It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large portion of the population and historically dominated the territory.
- Fargo, North Dakota
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- List of Cities in North Dakota
North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern United...
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- Politics of North Dakota
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- North Dakota Legislative Assembly
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- Fargo, North Dakota
North Dakota is south of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, east of Montana, north of South Dakota, and west of Minnesota. Manitoba and Saskatchewan are provinces - part of Canada. Montana, South Dakota, and Minnesota are other states in the United States. Weather. North Dakota is not close to any big bodies of water (oceans or seas).
- November 2, 1889 (39th or 40th)
- Bismarck
- Dakota Territory
- United States
North Dakota is the 19t maist extensive but the 4t least populous an the 4t least densely populatit o the 50 Unitit States. North Dakota haes weathered the Great Recession o the early 21st hunderyear wi a boom in naitural resoorces , pairteecularly a boom in ile extraction frae the Bakken formation , which lees beneath the northwastren pairt o ...
- 2 November 1889 (39t)
- Unitit States
- Dakota Territory
- Fargo
The North Dakota State Capitol complex is just north of downtown Bismarck. The 19-story Art Deco capitol is the tallest building in the state, at a height of 241.75 feet (73.69 m). The capitol building towers over the city's center and is easily seen from 20 miles (32 km) away on a clear day.
- 1,686 ft (514 m)
- Otto von Bismarck
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Dakota territorial legislator and North Dakota state legislator Judson LaMoure: 4,139 1,147 sq mi (2,971 km 2) Logan County: 047: Napoleon: 1873: Illinois U.S. Senator John A. Logan (1826 - 1886) 1,990 993 sq mi (2,572 km 2)
CountyFIPS codeCounty seatEstablished1885Valley City1875Minnewaukan1883Medora1879Strasburg is a historically German speaking city in Emmons County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 409 at the 2010 census . [6] Strasburg was founded in 1902.
Towner is a city in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of McHenry County. The population was 533 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Minot Micropolitan Statistical Area. Towner was founded in 1886. Despite their similar names, the city of Towner is not in Towner County, North Dakota
- 1,476 ft (450 m)
- McHenry
- 58.8K
- North Dakota
The University of North Dakota (also known as UND or North Dakota) is a public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of North Dakota, it is the state's oldest university. UND was founded with a liberal arts foundation and expanded ...
- Urban – 550 acres (2.2 km²), 240 buildings, 6,400,000 sq ft (590,000 m²)
- 13,581 (Fall 2019)
- Andrew P. Armacost
- Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
South Dakota is the seventeenth largest by area, but the 5th least populous, and the 5th least densely populated of the 50 United States. As the southern part of the former Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889, simultaneously with North Dakota. It is either the 39th or 40th state admitted to the union.
- 77,116 sq mi (199,729 km²)
- Dusty Johnson (R) (list)
- Sioux Falls
- John Thune (R), Mike Rounds (R)