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| Capital
City: |
Lincoln |
| Location: |
40.81640 N, 096.68817 W |
| Area: |
77,359 sq.mi. |
| Population: |
1,660,000 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
March 1st, 1867; 37th State |
| Song: |
Beautiful Nebraska |
| words by: Jim Fras & Guy G. Miller |
| music by: Jim Fras |
| Nickname: |
Cornhusker State |
| Origin of states name: |
Name based on an Oto Indian word that means |
| "flat water," referring to the Platte River |
| Time
zone: |
Central, Mountain |
| Other Cities: |
Omaha, Kearney |
| Border
States: |
Colorado, Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri, South
Dakota, |
| Wyoming |
| Geographic Center: |
Custer, 10 miles northwest of Broken Bow |
| Coastline: |
none |
| Highest Point: |
Panorama Point, 5424 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Cattle, corn, hogs, soybeans, wheat,
sorghum; |
| Industry: |
Food processing, machinery, printing & publishing; |
| National
Park: |
none |
| Topography: |
Till plains of the central lowland in the eastern third |
| rising to the Great Plains and hill country of
the |
| north central and northwest |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 70 to 76 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° 25 to 29 |
| Flower: |
Goldenrod |
| Tree: |
Eastern Cottonwood |
| Newspapers: |
Lincoln
Journal Star |
| Attractions: |
Nebraska
Attractions. Roadside America |
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