Minnesota
Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.
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| Bird | Common loon |
| Butterfly | Monarch |
| Fish | Walleye |
| Flower | Pink-and-white lady's slipper |
| Tree | Norway pine[7] |
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| Beverage | Milk |
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| Gemstone | Lake Superior agate |
| Other | Photograph: Grace |
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| Minnesota quarter dollar coin Released in 2005 | |
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The capital of Minnesota is Saint Paul. The largest city is Minneapolis. Over 3,000,000 people live in the two cities and the suburbs that surround it, which are separated by the Mississippi River. They are known as the Twin Cities. Minnesota borders the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario and the U.S. states of North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and South Dakota. Minnesota is divided into 87 counties.
Minnesota became a state on May 11, 1858. It was the 32nd state in the United States of America. The name Minnesota is Sioux (a Native American language) for "sky-tinted water" or "cloudy water".[8] Eagle Mountain is the highest point in Minnesota. The state bird is the Common Loon.
Minnesota has a humid continental climate. The winters in Minnesota are long and severe. Hence the state has a short growing season. During the summer, the south of the state is hot; the north is warm.
In the 1984 election, Minnesota was the only state that voted for Walter Mondale.
Minnesota also has an exclave, the Northwest Angle, housing the northernmost point in the Contiguous United States.
Flag
The Minnesota state flag was mostly not changed from 1893-2024. The flag was changed to a new design in 2024.
Minnesota Media
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Mixed Dakota-Europeans who were rescued by "non-hostile" Dakota. The girl in the foreground wrapped in the striped blanket is Elise Robertson, the sister of Thomas Robertson, a mixed blood who acted as an intermediary between the Dakota and the European-Americans during the Dakota War of 1862
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Scalable map of Minnesota, showing roads and major bodies of water
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Tilted beds of the Middle Precambrian Thomson Formation in Jay Cooke State Park
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Palisade Head on Lake Superior was formed from a Precambrian rhyolitic lava flow.
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Pose Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
- ↑ "Lake Superior Water Levels" Archived August 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. Updated daily.
- ↑ "Median Annual Household Income". The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ↑ "QuickFacts Minnesota; UNITED STATES". 2019 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. February 18, 2020. Archived from the original on February 12, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
- ↑ "Minnesota State Demographic Center—Immigration & Language". Archived from the original on August 24, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ↑ "Minnesota State Tree—Red Pine (Norway Pine)". statesymbolsusa.org. State Symbols USA. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Origin of Names of US States". BIA.gov. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
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