什麼是內布拉斯加

美國中西部一州（2000年人口約1,711,263）。面積200,349平方公里，首府林肯。密蘇里河為其東界。北普拉特河和南普拉特河在內布拉斯加中央西南方匯流形成普拉特河。早在西元前8,000年即有各種史前人類居住於此。地居於此的印第安人包括東部的波尼人、猶他人和奧馬哈人，西部則有蘇人、阿拉帕霍人和科曼切人。1803年美國自法國手中買下該地，為路易斯安那購地的一部分。1804年路易斯和克拉克遠征抵達密蘇里河內布拉斯加一側。1854年依堪薩斯－內布拉斯加法成為內布拉斯加準州的一部分。1867年內布拉斯加加入聯邦成為第37州。很快地，人口增加，且印第安人在邊遠地區的抵抗已中斷，定居向西延伸到內布拉斯加州的鍋柄地區。20世紀之初，內布拉斯加歷經一場短暫但具影響力的平民黨運動。1937年設立一院制議會，在美國是獨一無二的。該州大部分為農業區，其工業包括食品加工業和機械業。主要礦藏為石油。除首府林肯外，奧馬哈是另一個文化和工業中心。

Nebraska

State (pop., 1997 est.: 1,657,000), western central U.S. It covers 77,355 sq mi (200,349 sq km); its capital is Lincoln. The Missouri River is on its eastern boundary. The North Platte and South Platte unite in southwestern central Nebraska to form the Platte River. Various prehistoric peoples inhabited the area as early as 8000 BC. Indian tribes living in the area include Pawnee, Ute, and Omaha in the east and Sioux, Arapaho, and Comanche in the west. The U.S. bought the territory from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. In 1804 the Lewis and Clark Expedition visited the Nebraska side of the Missouri River. It became part of Nebraska Territory with the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Nebraska was admitted to the Union as the 37th state in 1867. Soon after, population increased, and as Indian resistance on the frontier was broken, settlement extended to Nebraska's panhandle. At the turn of the 20th century, it experienced a short but influential Populist movement. In 1937 it established a unicameral legislature, the only one in the nation. Most of the state is agricultural; its industries include food processing and machinery. Petroleum is the principal mineral resource. In addition to Lincoln, Omaha is the state's other cultural and industrial center.