Montana

Montana
State
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Montana Territory
Admittit tae the Union	8 November 1889 (41st)
Lairgest ceety	Billings
Lairgest metro	Billings Metropolitan Area
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Steve Bullock (D)
• Lieutenant Governor	Mike Cooney (D)
Legislatur	Montana Legislature
• Upper hoose	Senate
• Lawer hoose	House of Representatives
U.S. senators	Jon Tester (D) Steve Daines (R)
U.S. Hoose delegation	Greg Gianforte (R) (leet)
Population
• Total	1,032,949 (2,015 est)
• Density	2.65/km2 (6.86/sq mi)
Leid
• Offeecial leid	Inglis
Trad. abbreviation	Mont.
Latitude	44° 21′ N tae 49° N
Longitude	104° 2′ W tae 116° 3′ W

Montana ⁱ/mɒnˈtænə/ is a state in the Wastren region o the Unitit States. The state's name is derivit frae the Spaingie wird montaña (muntain).

Montana is the fowert-lairgest in aurie, the 8t least populous, an the third-least densely populatit o the 50 U.S. states. The wastren hauf o Montana conteens numerous muntain ranges. Smawer island ranges are foond ootthrou the state. In aw, 77 named ranges are pairt o the Rocky Muntains. The eastren hauf o Montana is chairacterised bi wastren prairie terrain an badlands. Montana is mairchit bi Idaho tae the wast, Wyoming tae the sooth, North Dakota an Sooth Dakota tae the east, an the Canadian provinces o Breetish Columbie, Alberta, an Saskatchewan tae the north.

The economy is primarily based on agricultur, includin ranchin an cereal grain fermin. Ither signeeficant economic resources include ile, gas, coal, haurd rock minin, an lummer. The heal care, service, an govrenment sectors an aw are signeeficant tae the state's economy.

The state's festest-growin sector is tourism. Nearly 13 million tourists annually veesit Glacier Naitional Pairk, Yellowstone Naitional Pairk, Beartooth Highway, Flathead Loch, Big Sky Resort, an ither attractions.

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State govrenment

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