• Capital: Helena (2000 population: 25,780)
  
• Motto: Oro y plata (Spanish: "gold and silver")
  
• Nicknames: "Treasure State" and "Big Sky Country"
• State Song: "Montana,"
  
• State Tree: Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
  
• State Flower: Bitterroot (Lewisia redevia)
  
• State Bird: Western Meadow Lark (Sturnella-neglecta: Audubon)
  
• Area: 147,046 sq. mi. (4th largest of the 50 states)
  
• Highest Point: Granite Peak: 12,799 ft.
  
• Lowest Point: Kootenai River on the Idaho border: 1,800 ft.
• Record high temperature: 117§F at Glendive on July 20, 1893, and at Medicine Lake on July 5, 1937
• Record low temperature: -70§F at Rogers Pass on January 24, 1954
• Population: 902,195 (2000 census); 44th of the 50 states

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