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![]() Location of Nebraska in the USA | |
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Capital | Lincoln |
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currency | USD |
surface | 200,520 km² |
population | 1.826.341 |
languages | English |
Phone code | 308, 402 |
Time zone | mainly Central Standard Time (summer: UTC -5 (MEZ-6) winter: UTC -6); in the Panhandle and some districts bordering Colorado Mountain Standard Time (Summer: UTC -6 (CET-7) Winter: UTC -7) |
Nebraska is a state in the region Great Plains in the United States of America. It borders on South Dakota in the North; at Iowa and Missouri in the east Kansas in the south, Colorado in the southwest and Wyoming in the West.
Regions
![map](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/NebraskaRegions.png)
Nebraska can be divided into roughly four regions:
Nebraska Panhandle | |
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Southern center | |
Eastern Nebraska |
places
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Map of Nebraska
- 1 Lincoln
- Capital and second largest city in the state
- 2 Bellevue
- 3 Grand Island
- 4 Kearney
- 5 Hastings
- 6 Omaha
- the largest city in the state
- 7 Nebraska City
- the city is famous for it Arbor Day (Arbor Day) and is also known as the "Home of the Arbor Day".
- 8 North Platte
- 9 Norfolk
- 10 Scottsbluff
Other goals
Scott's bluff
Niobara River
St. Peterburg
background
The area of Nebraska once belonged to the French colony Louisiana, in 1803 it came through the Louisiana Purchase owned by the United States, became a territory of the United States in 1854. On March 1, 1867, it became the 37th state to join the Union.
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getting there
by plane
- 2 Lincoln Airport (IATA: LNK)
By car
Interstate
runs from Kansas City, MO along the eastern border of Nebraska to Sioux City, IA
runs from Cheyenne WY through Nebraska NE and on to Des Moines, IA
Highway
of Wichita above York to Salem SD
of Cheyenne WY over Sidney and Omaha NE and on to IO
of Casper WY after Ogallala NE
mobility
Tourist Attractions
activities
kitchen
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literature
Web links
- https://www.nebraska.gov/ (en) - Official website of Nebraska