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== Fargo ==

== Fargo ==

'''Fargo''' is a [[city]] in eastern [[North Dakota]]. Fargo is the largest city in North Dakota, with an estimated population of approximately 90,000 as of 2005. [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US3825700&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US20%7C16000US2038900&_street=&_county=Fargo%2C+ND&_cityTown=Fargo%2C+ND&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=population_0&ds_name=null&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=]  The current mayor of Fargo is [[Dennis Walaker]].

Fargo is the largest city in North Dakota. It is the county seat of [[Cass County]], and is located in the Red River Valley. As of the 2000 Census, Fargo's population was above 90,000. Including [[Moorhead]], [[Minnesota]], it forms the [[Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area]]. Currently the population is above 180,000 and includes a portion of [[Clay County]] in northwestern Minnesota.

 

The city of Fargo is the crossroads of Interstate 29 and Interstate 94, making it the economic center of a large portion of eastern North Dakota and a portion of northwestern Minnesota. The population of North Dakota can be accurately "split" by these two highways.

 

Fargo's motto is "Gateway to the West". Fargo was founded in 1871.

 

[[Dennis Walaker]].

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