NDNorth Dakota
Peace Garden State · Capital: Bismarck · Midwest (Plains)
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Capital
Bismarck
Largest city
Fargo
Population
Under 1 million
Area rank
#19 of 50
Admitted
1889
Time zone
Central Time
Region
Midwest
Letters
11
Bordering states: Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota.
4 fun facts about North Dakota
- The state produces over 50% of all US sunflower oil.
- North Dakota has the most northerly point in the contiguous US (excluding Alaska).
- The Bakken oil formation here made the state the #2 oil producer behind Texas in 2014.
- Theodore Roosevelt ranched in the Badlands here for 2 years and called it the experience that "made him president."
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