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Minnesota [1 record]

Record 1 2011-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
DEF

A north central state of U.S.A., bounded on north by Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, on east by Lake Superior and Wisconsin, on south by Iowa, and on west by South Dakota and North Dakota.

OBS

The State of Minnesota became the 32nd state of the United States of America in 1858.

OBS

Nicknames: Gopher State; New England of the West.

OBS

Nickname: North Star State.

OBS

Capital: Saint Paul. Chief city: Minneapolis.

OBS

MN: The ISO two-letter code to be used only as post symbol in addresses or for data in rows or columns where the number of characters is restricted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

État du Centre-Nord des États-Unis, limité au nord par le Canada (provinces Ontario et Manitoba), à l'est par le lac Supérieur et le Wisconsin.

OBS

Histoire : Deux Français, Pierre Radisson et le sieur Des Groseilliers, explorent les premiers cette région (1655-1659) et y attirèrent des compatriotes. Au traité de Paris (1763), le Nord et l'Est du pays deviennent anglais, puis américains (1783).

OBS

L'État du Minnesota est devenu le 32e État des États-Unis d'Amérique en 1858.

OBS

Capitale : Saint Paul.

OBS

MN : Code ISO à deux lettres à n'utiliser que comme indicatif de la poste pour l'adressage ou dans les tableaux où les données figurent en colonnes et dans un nombre limité de caractères.

Spanish

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