Name = North Dakota

Fullname = State of North Dakota

Flag = Flag of North Dakota.svg

Flaglink = Flag

Seal = North Dakota state seal.jpg

Seallink = Seal

Map = North Dakota in United States.svg

Nickname = Peace Garden State,
Roughrider State, Flickertail State, Norse Dakota, The 701, Heaven

Motto = Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable

Former = Dakota Territory

Demonym = North Dakotan

Capital = Bismarck

LargestCity = Fargo

OfficialLang = English

Governor = Jack Dalrymple (R)

Lieutenant Governor = Drew Wrigley (R)

Legislature = Legislative Assembly

Upperhouse = Senate

Lowerhouse = House of Representatives

Senators = Kent Conrad (D)
John Hoeven (R)

Representative=Rick Berg (R)

PostalAbbreviation = ND

AreaRank = 19th

TotalAreaUS = 70,700

TotalArea = 183,272

LandAreaUS = 68,976

LandArea = 178,839

WaterAreaUS = 1,723

WaterArea = 4,432

PCWater = 2.4

PopRank = 48th

2000Pop = 683,932 (2011 est)

DensityRank = 47th

2000DensityUS = 9.92

2000Density = 3.83

AdmittanceOrder = 39th

AdmittanceDate = November 2, 1889

TimeZone = Central: UTC-6/-5

TZ1Where = most of state

TimeZone2 = Mountain: UTC-7/-6

TZ2Where = southwest

Latitude = 45° 56′ N to 49° 00′ N

Longitude = 96° 33′ W to 104° 03′ W

WidthUS = 210

Width = 340

LengthUS = 340

Length = 545

HighestPoint = White ButteElevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

HighestElevUS = 3,508

HighestElev = 1069

MeanElevUS = 1,900

MeanElev = 580

LowestPoint = Red River of the North at Manitoba border

LowestElevUS = 751

LowestElev = 229

ISOCode = US-ND

Website = www.nd.gov

Footnotes =

North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Manitoba and Saskatchewan to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. – netstate.com. Retrieved July 21, 2011. North Dakota is the 19th most extensive, but the 3rd least populous and the 4th least densely populated of the 50 United States. North Dakota was created from the northern portion of the Dakota Territory and admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, simultaneously with South Dakota.

The state capitol is located in Bismarck and the largest city is Fargo. The primary public universities are located in Grand Forks and Fargo. The U.S. Air Force operates at Minot AFB and Grand Forks AFB.

For more than a decade, the state has had a strong economy, with unemployment lower than the national average and strong job and population growth. Much of the growth has been based on development of the Bakken oil shale fields in the western part of the state. The state has also seen strong economic growth in the technology and service sectors.