North Dakota (U.S. state)

North Dakota is one of the states constituting the United States of America; it entered the Union as 39th state on November 2, 1889. Its area is 70,702 square miles (183,119 square kilometers) and its estimated population in 2008 was 641,481. The state is bordered by Canada on the north, Minnesota on the east, South Dakota on the south, and Montana on the west. The largest city is Fargo (population in 2008: 99,200), and Bismarck is the capital.

The University of North Dakota in Grand Forks was founded in 1883 and North Dakota State University, founded in 1890, is in Fargo.