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[[Image:North_Dakota_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of North Dakota.]]

[[Image:North_Dakota_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of North Dakota.]]

'''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. Its capital is Bismarck, and largest city by population is Fargo.

Its current political nature is an anomaly; while it has given its electoral votes to Republican Presidential candidates since 1968, usually by wide margins, voters have continued to elect all Democrats to both Houses of Congress.

Its current political nature is an anomaly; while it has given its electoral votes to Republican Presidential candidates since 1968, usually by wide margins, voters have continued to elect all Democrats to both Houses of Congress.