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[[Image:North_Dakota_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of North Dakota.]]
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'''North Dakota''' is a northern Midwestern state that became the thirty-ninth state to enter into the union on November 2, 1889. It entered on the same day as [[South Dakota]], but is given status first because of alphabetical order.
 
'''North Dakota''' is a northern Midwestern state that became the thirty-ninth state to enter into the union on November 2, 1889. It entered on the same day as [[South Dakota]], but is given status first because of alphabetical order.
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==Notable people from North Dakota==
 
==Notable people from North Dakota==
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[[Dick Armey]], a former US Representative who played a significant role in the Republican takeover of the House of Representatives in 1994, was born in Cando.
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*[[Dick Armey]], a former US Representative who played a significant role in the Republican takeover of the House of Representatives in 1994, was born in Cando.
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*[[Louis L'Amour]], an author who specialized in writing Westerns, was born in Jamestown.
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[[Louis L'Amour]], an author who specialized in writing Westerns, was born in Jamestown.
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*[[Sacagawea]], who served as a guide on Lewis and Clark's expedition, spent several years living in a village in what is now North Dakota.
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[[Sacagawea]], who served as a guide on Lewis and Clark's expedition, spent several years living in a village in what is now North Dakota.
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[[Category:US state]]
 
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