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| Minneapolis
/ Minnesota
State Statistics |
| Minnesota State Flag |
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| MINNESOTA
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| MINNEAPOLIS |
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| AREA |
86,943 sq miles
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| CAPITAL |
St. Paul |
| FAMOUS DATES
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Organized as territory: March 3, 1849 , Entered Union (rank): May 11, 1858 (32)
Present constitution adopted: 1858
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| LOCATION
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44.839N, 092.994W |
| MEAN ELEVATION
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| HIGHEST
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Eagle Mountain; 2301 feet, 37th |
| LOWEST
POINT |
Shore of Lake Superior; 602 feet, 42nd |
| COUNTIES |
87 |
| COASTLINE |
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| GEOGRAPHIC CENTER |
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| STATE FOSSIL
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| STATE GRASS
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| STATE REPTILE
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| STATE ROCK
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| STATE GEMSTONE
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Lake Superior Agate |
| STATE FLAG
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The Minnesota state flag is royal blue, with a gold fringe. In the center of the flag is the state seal. Around the state seal is a wreath of the state flower, the lady slipper. Three dates are woven into the wreath:1858, the year Minnesota became a state; 1819, the year Fort Snelling was established; and 1893, the year the official flag was adopted. Nineteen stars ring the wreath. The largest star represents Minnesota |
| STATE COLORS
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| STATE SEAL
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| STATE SLOGAN
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10,000 Lakes And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes |
| STATE
MOTTO
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"The Star of the North" |
| STATE SONG
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"Hail! Minnesota" |
| STATE TREE
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Red Pine Pinus resinosa |
| STATE BIRD
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Common Loon |
| STATE ANIMAL
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| STATE FISH
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walleye (1965) |
| STATE METAL
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| STATE NICKNAMES
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North Star State / Land of 10,000 Lakes |
| STATE FLOWER
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Lady's Slipper |
| BORDERING
STATES
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Iowa Michigan (water border) North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin |
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