| Population:
902,195; Area:
147,000
square miles; State Capital:
Helena; Highest elevation:
12,799
feet at Granite Peak, near Yellowstone National
Park; Lowest elevation:
1,800
feet along the Kootenai River in NW
Montana; State Bird:
Western
Meadowlark; State Flower:
Bitterroot; State Animal:
Grizzly
Bear; State Fish:
Cutthroat
Trout; State Tree:
Ponderosa
Pine; State Gemstones:
Agate and
Sapphire; State Motto:
Oro y
Plata (Gold and Silver); Nicknames:
The
Treasure State; Big Sky Country; The Land of the
Shining Mountains.
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Major
cities:
Billings,
pop. 92,988; Missoula, pop. 58,460;
Bozeman,
pop. 30,723;
Helena, pop. 29,081;
Great
Falls, pop. 56,340;
Glendive,
pop. 4,340;
Kalispell,
pop. 17,149; Miles City, pop. 8,698;
Lewistown,
pop. 6,026;
Butte-Silver
Bow, pop. 33,325;
Havre,
pop. 10,425
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