Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan (, ) is a prairie province in Canadae, which haes an aurie o . Saskatchewan is bordered on the wast bi Alberta, on the north bi the Northwast Territories, on the east bi Manitoba, an on the sooth bi the U.S. states o Montana an North Dakota.

As o Aprile 2011, the population o Saskatchewan wis estimatit at 1,053,960. Residents primarily live in the soothren hauf o the province. O the total population, 257,300 live in the province's lairgest ceety, Saskatoon, while 210,000 live in the provincial caipital, Regina. Ither major ceeties include Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current an North Battleford.

Saskatchewan wis first splorit by Europeans in 1690 an settled in 1774, haein an aa been inhabitit for thoosans o years bi various indigenous groups. It became a province in 1905. Saskatchewan's current premier is Brad Wall an its lieutenant-govrenor is Vaughn Solomon Schofield. Its major industries are agricultur, minin, an energy. "In 1992, the federal an provincial govrenments signed a historic land claim greement wi Saskatchewan First Naitions. Unner the greement, the First Nations received money tae buy land on the open mercat. As a result, aboot 761,000 acres hae been turned intae reserve land an mony First Naitions continue tae invest their settlement dollars in urban auries", includin Saskatoon."Treaty Land Entitlement – The English River Story, Saskatchewan" , Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, accessed November 25, 2011

The province's name is derivit frae the Saskatchewan River. Earlier, the river wis designated kisiskāciwani-sīpiy ("swift flowin river") in the Cree leid.

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Category:Provinces an territories o Canadae
Category:States an territories established in 1905