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North Dakota ( /- dəˈkoʊtə/ (listen)) is a U.S. state in the upper Midwestern region of the country. It is named after the indigenous Lakota and Dakota Sioux, who historically dominated the territory and remain a large community. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south, and Montana to the west. It is believed to host the geographic center of North America, situated in the town of Rugby, and is home to the tallest man-made structure in the Western Hemisphere, the KVLY-TV mast.

Of the 50 states, North Dakota is the nineteenth largest in area, but with a population of less than 780,000 as of 2020, it is the fourth least populous and fourth most sparsely populated. The capital is Bismarck while the largest city is Fargo, which accounts for nearly a fifth of the state's population; both cities are among the fastest-growing in the U.S., although half of all residents live in rural areas. The state is part of the Great Plains region, with broad prairies, steppe, temperate savanna, badlands, and farmland being defining characteristics.

What is now North Dakota was inhabited for thousands of years by various Native American tribes, including the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara along the Missouri River; the Ojibwa and Cree in the northeast; and several Sioux groups (the Assiniboine, Yankton, Wahpeton, and Teton) across the rest of the state. European explorers and traders first arrived in the early 18th century, mostly in pursuit of lucrative furs. The United States acquired the region in the early 19th century, gradually settling it amid growing resistance by increasingly displaced natives. (Full article...)

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Abortion in North Dakota is legal. 47% of adults said in a poll by the Pew Research Center that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. By 1950, abortion or seeking an abortion was a criminal offense in the state. Informed consent laws were on the books by 2007. Informed consent materials said things like at 10 weeks, the fetus "now has a distinct human appearance" and that "eyelids are formed". The materials said at 14 weeks, the fetus "is able to swallow" and "sleeps and awakens". In March 2013, Gov. Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota signed into law a bill banned abortion at six weeks. More laws were passed in 2013 seeking to ban or limit abortions, and these eventually wound up at the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Following abortion becoming legal by judicial rule in 1973, two abortion clinics opened in the state, one in Grand Forks and one in Jamestown. A third clinic opened in 1981, and the state had three clinics until 1991 when the number dropped to one where it would remain except for a period or between 1998 and 2001 when it was two. In May 2019, the state was one of six states in the nation with only one abortion clinic. Abortion rates in the state have remained in relatively stable decline since the 1990s, with 1,490 legal abortions in 1992, 1,330 in 1995, 1,290 in 1996, 1,264 in 2014, and 1,166 in 2015. There are both abortion rights and anti-abortion rights activists active in the state. (Full article...)

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Image 1Interstate 94 in North Dakota, near Gladstone (from North Dakota)
Image 2North Dakota State Capitol, featuring an Art Deco tower (from North Dakota)
Image 3Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (from North Dakota)
Image 4View of western North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 5Paul Kane witnessed and participated in the annual bison hunt of the Métis in June 1846 on the prairies in Dakota. (from North Dakota)
Image 6Sunflowers in Traill County, North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 7North Dakota Mill and Elevator postcard, ca. 1922 (from North Dakota)
Image 8Sunflowers in Traill County, North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 9Vang Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manfred (from North Dakota)
Image 10View of western North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 11Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election. (from North Dakota)
Image 12Parade at the 1889 Constitutional Convention held in Bismarck. (from History of North Dakota)
Image 13Köppen climate types of North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 14Oil well in western North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 15Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election. (from North Dakota)
Image 16Norwegian settlers in front of their sod house in North Dakota in 1898 (from North Dakota)
Image 17Building in Bismarck that houses a variety of state agencies: Workforce Safety & Insurance; Retirement & Investment; Parks & Recreation; PERS; Child Support; Commerce; and OBM Risk Management. (from North Dakota)
Image 18North Dakota Mill and Elevator postcard, ca. 1922 (from North Dakota)
Image 19Norwegian settlers in front of their sod house in North Dakota in 1898 (from North Dakota)
Image 20North Dakota population density (from North Dakota)
Image 21Administrative building for the Standing Rock Indian Reservation (from North Dakota)
Image 22Vang Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manfred (from North Dakota)
Image 23Paul Kane witnessed and participated in the annual bison hunt of the Métis in June 1846 on the prairies in Dakota. (from North Dakota)
Image 24Interstate 94 in North Dakota, near Gladstone (from North Dakota)
Image 25North Dakota State Capitol, featuring an Art Deco tower (from North Dakota)
Image 26Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (from North Dakota)
Image 27Köppen climate types of North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 28North Dakota population density (from North Dakota)
Image 29Building in Bismarck that houses a variety of state agencies: Workforce Safety & Insurance; Retirement & Investment; Parks & Recreation; PERS; Child Support; Commerce; and OBM Risk Management. (from North Dakota)
Image 30Administrative building for the Standing Rock Indian Reservation (from North Dakota)
Image 31Oil well in western North Dakota (from North Dakota)

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... that Ken Johannson became the captain of the University of North Dakota ice hockey team despite attending the school on a football scholarship?
... that horticulturalist Albert F. Yeager's accomplishments led to him being referred to as the "plant wizard of the north" and the "Luther Burbank of North Dakota"?
... that radio station KEYZ in Williston, North Dakota, owned a Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft and used it for news coverage, promotional events, sales calls, and search and rescue efforts?
... that two utility companies fought in court over who would supply electricity to North Dakota radio station KBMR?
... that the windows of St. George's Episcopal Memorial Church in Bismarck, North Dakota, contain stained glass fragments collected from English churches damaged during World War II?
... that a "North Dakota joke of the mornin'" was a feature on Montana radio station KGRZ because the station's owner and morning show host hailed from that state?

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v t e State of North Dakota
Bismarck (capital)
Topics	Index Climate Colleges and universities Cuisine Delegations Geography Governors History Bibliography Islands LGBT history Music People Symbols Tourist attractions	Seal of North Dakota
Society	Culture Crime Demographics Economy Education Politics
Regions	Badlands Missouri Coteau Drift Prairie Red River Valley Turtle Mountains
Larger cities pop. over 5,000	Bismarck Devils Lake Dickinson Fargo Grand Forks Jamestown Mandan Minot Valley City Wahpeton Watford City West Fargo Williston
Smaller cities pop. 1,000–5,000	Beach Beulah Bottineau Bowman Burlington Cando Carrington Casselton Cavalier Cooperstown Crosby Ellendale Garrison Grafton Hankinson Harvey Hazen Hettinger Hillsboro Horace Kenmare Langdon Larimore Lincoln Linton Lisbon Mayville New Rockford New Town Oakes Park River Rolla Rugby Stanley Thompson Tioga Velva Walhalla Washburn Watford City Wishek
Counties	Adams Barnes Benson Billings Bottineau Bowman Burke Burleigh Cass Cavalier Dickey Divide Dunn Eddy Emmons Foster Golden Valley Grand Forks Grant Griggs Hettinger Kidder LaMoure Logan McHenry McIntosh McKenzie McLean Mercer Morton Mountrail Nelson Oliver Pembina Pierce Ramsey Ransom Renville Richland Rolette Sargent Sheridan Sioux Slope Stark Steele Stutsman Towner Traill Walsh Ward Wells Williams
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v t e Protected areas of North Dakota
National Parks	Theodore Roosevelt
National Historic Sites	Fort Union Trading Post Knife River Indian Villages
National Wildlife Refuges	Appert Lake Ardoch Arrowwood Audubon Bone Hill Creek Brumba Buffalo Lake Camp Lake Canfield Lake Chase Lake Cottonwood Lake Dakota Lake Des Lacs Florence Lake Halfway Lake Hiddenwood Hobart Lake Hutchinson Lake J. Clark Salyer Johnson Lake Kellys Slough Lake Alice Lake George Lake Ilo Lake Nettie Lake Otis Lake Patricia Lake Zahl Lambs Lake Little Goose Long Lake Lords Lake Lost Lake Maple River McLean Pleasant Lake Pretty Rock Rabb Lake Rock Lake Rose Lake School Section Lake Shell Lake Sheyenne Lake Sibley Lake Silver Lake Slade Snyder Lake Springwater Stewart Lake Stoney Slough Storm Lake Stump Lake Sunburst Lake Tewaukon Tomahawk Upper Souris White Horse Hill National Game Preserve White Lake Wild Rice Willow Lake Wintering River Wood Lake
National Grasslands	Cedar River Dakota Prairie Little Missouri Sheyenne
U.S. Wilderness Areas	Chase Lake Lostwood Theodore Roosevelt
Other Federal	International Peace Garden North Country National Scenic Trail
State	Parks Beaver Lake Cross Ranch Fort Abraham Lincoln Fort Ransom Fort Stevenson Grahams Island Icelandic Lake Metigoshe Lake Sakakawea Lewis and Clark Little Missouri Sully Creek Turtle River Recreation areas Butte Saint Paul Crow Flies High Black Tiger Bay Doyle Memorial Indian Hills Little Metigoshe Pelican Point Pembina Gorge

Largest cities

2019 Rank	City	2019 Estimate^[1]	2010 Census^[2]	Change	County
1	Fargo	124,662	105,549	+18.11%	Cass
2	Bismarck	73,529	61,272	+20.00%	Burleigh
3	Grand Forks	55,839	52,838	+5.68%	Grand Forks
4	Minot	47,382	40,888	+15.88%	Ward
5	West Fargo	37,058	25,830	+43.47%	Cass
6	Williston	29,033	14,716	+97.29%	Williams
7	Dickinson	23,133	17,787	+30.06%	Stark
8	Mandan	22,752	18,331	+24.12%	Morton
9	Jamestown	15,084	15,427	−2.22%	Stutsman
10	Watford City	7,835	1,744	+349.25%	McKenzie
11	Wahpeton	7,734	7,766	−0.41%	Richland
12	Devils Lake	7,320	7,141	+2.51%	Ramsey
13	Valley City	6,323	6,585	−3.98%	Barnes
14	Grafton	4,157	4,284	−2.96%	Walsh
15	Lincoln	3,817	2,406	+58.65%	Burleigh

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See List of cities in North Dakota for a full list.

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