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Missouri: flag
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Seal of Missouri
Missouri: state bird
Missouri: state bird
Missouri: state flower
Missouri: state flower
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Capital:
Jefferson City
Population:
(2020) 6,154,913; (2023 est.) 6,196,156
Governor:
Mike Parson (Republican)
Date Of Admission:
August 10, 1821
U.S. Senators:
Josh Hawley (Republican)
Roy Blunt (Republican)
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Missouri, constituent state of the United States of America. To the north lies Iowa; across the Mississippi River to the east, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee; to the south, Arkansas; and to the west, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. With the exception of Tennessee, Missouri has more neighbouring states than any other U.S. state. Bisecting the state is the Missouri River, flowing from Kansas City in the west, through the state’s capital, Jefferson City, in the centre, to just above St. Louis in the east, where it joins the Mississippi. Missouri was the name of a group of indigenous people who lived ...(100 of 7030 words)

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