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Montana
Motto: "Oro y plata" - Spanish - "Gold and silver"
Nicknames: "The Treasure State" - "Big Sky Country" - "The Headwaters State"
Capital: Helena
Population: 917,621 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03); Ranks 44th in US State Population
Size: 559 miles wide and 321 miles long; covers 147,046 square miles - 4th largest of the 50 states
State Bird: Western Meadowlark
State Flower: Bitterroot
Montana was created out of the Idaho Territory in 1864. Its name is a derivation of the Latin word "montaanus" which means "mountainous."
Montana became a state on November 8, 1889. It was the 41st state to be admitted to the Union.
People who live in or come from Montana are called "Montanans."
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