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| Capital
City: |
Cheyenne |
| Location: |
41.14545 N, 104.79234 W |
| Area: |
97,819 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
480,000 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
July 10th, 1890; 44th State |
| Song: |
Wyoming |
| words by: Charles E. Winter |
| music by: G. E. Knapp |
| Nickname: |
Cowboy State; Equality State |
| Origin of states name: |
Based on Algonquin or Delaware Indian word |
| meaning "large prairie place" |
| Time
zone: |
Mountain |
| Other Cities: |
Casper, |
| Border
States: |
Colorado, Idaho,
Montana, Nebraska, |
| South Dakota,
Utah; |
| Geographic Center: |
Fremont, 58 miles east-northeast of Lander |
| Coastline: |
none |
| Highest Point: |
Gannett Peak; 13,804 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Cattle, sugar beets, sheep, hay,
wheat; |
| Industry: |
Mining, chemical products, Lumber & wood products, |
| printing & publishing, machinery, tourism; |
| National
Park: |
Yellowstone; Grand Teton; |
| Topography: |
Eastern great plains rise to the foothills of the Rocky |
| Mountains; |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 64 to 68 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° 35 to 39 |
| Flower: |
Indian Paintbrush |
| Tree: |
Cottonwood |
| Newspapers: |
Wyoming
Tribune-Eagle |
| Attractions: |
Wyoming
Attractions. Roadside America. |
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