WYWyoming
Equality State · Capital: Cheyenne · West (Mountain)
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Capital
Cheyenne
Largest city
Cheyenne
Population
Under 1 million
Area rank
#10 of 50
Admitted
1890
Time zone
Mountain Time
Region
West
Letters
7
Bordering states: Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Idaho.
4 fun facts about Wyoming
- Wyoming was the first US state/territory to give women the right to vote (1869) — 50 years before the 19th Amendment.
- It's the least populous US state (~580k people, fewer than Washington DC).
- Yellowstone, the world's first national park, is mostly in Wyoming. The Grand Prismatic Spring there is bigger than a football field.
- The state has more pronghorn antelope than people.
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