North Dakota Map

North Dakota was named after the indigenous Lakota and Dakota Sioux, who dominated the territory and remain a large community today. It also hosts the geographic center of North America, which brings in tourists from afar. Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan to the north, Minnesota to the east, and Montana to the west. North Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889 with is bordered state to the south South Dakota as the 39th and 40th states in the United States of America. North Dakota state is primarily rural with few cities. It has the tallest man-made structure in Western Hemisphere, which is the KVLY-TV mast. The U.S acquired North Dakota in the early 19th century. This state has an abundance of natural resources such as oil, coal, minerals and water but what brought the early European explorers in the 18th century was the lucrative fur trade.

The largest cities on the North Dakota map are Bismark, Fargo, Minot, Grand Forks, and Williston.

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Map of North Dakota