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Montana

state of the United States of America
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Summary

Montana is an U.S. state[1]. Montana draws 36,993 Wikipedia views per month (u s state category, ranking #33 of 49).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: United States[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Clark Fork[5]
  • Head of government: Greg Gianforte[6]
  • Continent: North America[7]
  • Capital: Helena[8]
  • Official language: English[9]
  • Shares border with: British Columbia[10], Alberta[11], Saskatchewan[12], North Dakota[13], South Dakota[14], Wyoming[15], Idaho[16]
  • Anthem: Montana[17]
  • Named after: mountain[18]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Beaverhead County[19], Big Horn County[20], Blaine County[21], Broadwater County[22], Carbon County[23], Carter County[24], Cascade County[25], Chouteau County[26], Custer County[27], Daniels County[28], Dawson County[29], Deer Lodge County[30], Fallon County[31], Fergus County[32]
  • Flag: flag of Montana[33]
  • Twinned administrative body: Kumamoto Prefecture[34]
  • Legislative body: Montana Legislature[35]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Montana include Pontiac Montana[36], an automobile model[37]; Monida[38], an unincorporated community[39], in United States[40]; and USS Montana[41], a super battleship[42].

Why It Matters

Montana has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Montana is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for Montana include Pontiac Montana[36], an automobile model[37]; Monida[38], an unincorporated community[39], in United States[40]; and USS Montana[41], a super battleship[42].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 10957
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 10957, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167482351|MONTANA (#167482351)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] "
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 470f4R
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → montana
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: montana, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289943662|montana (#289943662)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0411919-Montana
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0411919-Montana, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  5. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → State of Montana
    Native label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'State of Montana'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Official name: State of Montana, Copying from Native label"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Montana
    Official website → https://www.mt.gov/
    Category for people buried here → Category:Burials in Montana
    History of topic → history of Montana
    + 77 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 111715, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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