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Dakota . . .
The state flag was adopted
by the Legislative Assembly
on March 3, 1911. A dark blue
field displays a Bald Eagle
grasping an olive branch and
a bundle of arrows in its claws.
The eagle carries a ribbon with
the words "One nation made
up of many states." On
its breast is a shield with
thirteen stripes representing
the original thirteen states.
The fan-shaped design above
the eagle represents the birth
of the United States and included
thirteen stars echoing the thirteen
stripes on the shield. The red
scroll below the eagle displays
the state name, North Dakota
North Dakota became a state on
Nov. 2, 1889 as the 39th state.
The capital is Bismarck and largest
city is Fargo. North Dakota lies
in the Great Plains in the northern
United States. It is on the Canadian
border and got its name from the
Sioux Indians who lived on the
plains before the Europeans arrived.
It is a rectangular state located
midway along the border between
the US and Canada. It is bordered
on the west by Montana, the south
by South Dakota, and on the north
by Canada. To the east, the border
is the Red River which separates
North Dakota from Minnesota. The
population of North Dakota is
only about 640,000 which is the
3rd lowest in the country. Most
of the population lives in small
urban areas of about 2500 people.
North Dakota is both rural
and agricultural, with many
large grain farms and cattle
ranches. It has vast open prairies
and about 90 percent of the
land is in cropland and pastures
and about one fifth of the state's
workers are employed on farms.
North Dakota is the leading
producer of wheat and the main
flax-growing, barely and rye
producer.
Economy:
Agriculture: Wheat, cattle,
barley, sunflowers, milk, sugar
beets.
Industry: Food processing, machinery,
mining, tourism.
North Dakota has a dry, continental
climate with four distinct seasons.
North Dakota has low humidity,
lots of sunshine and light to
moderate precipitation with
average annual rainfall of only
17 inches. The winters are severe
and the average temperature
is only 11 degrees and summer
about 64 degrees. Out of the
north western states North Dakota
has the shortest growing season
and least amount of rainfall.
North Dakota has 53
counties:
Adams Barnes
Benson Billings
Bottineau Bowman
Burke Burleigh
Cass Cavalier
Dickey Divide
Dunn Eddy Emmons
Foster Golden Valley
Grand Forks Grant
Griggs Hettinger
Kidder La Moure
Logan McHenry
McIntosh McKenzie
McLean Mercer
Morton Mountrail Nelson
Oliver Pembina
Pierce Ramsey
Ransom Renville
Richland Rolette
Sargent Sheridan
Sioux Slope
Stark Steele
Stutsman Towner
Traill Walsh
Ward Wells
Williams
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