The state of Missouri became the official state of the United States in 1821 as the twenty-fourth in a row. It is located in the middle of the United States and borders eight other states – in the east with Illinois, in the north with Iowa, in the west with Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma, the southern border with Arkansas and in the southwest with Tennessee and Kentucky. The capital of the state of Missouri is the city of Jefferson City.

In addition to the original indigenous people, the first European colonists began to invade the area of ​​today’s state of Missouri at the end of the 17th century. The first permanent settlements were founded by the French, but almost the entire second half of the 18th century was a territory under Spanish administration. Napoleon regained it for France, but shortly thereafter, in 1803, it was bought by the United States under the so-called Louisiana Purchase. In 1818 Missouri officially applied to join the Union as an official state, and in 1821 Missouri became the 24th state in the United States.

Missouri is located in the middle of the United States and, like Tennessee, borders eight other states (no other US state borders more than eight states). Two major rivers flow through the state – the Mississippi, which forms the eastern border of the state, and the Missouri River, which flows across the state and connects the two largest centers – St. Louis and Kansas City. Missouri is not a vertically fragmented state; the north above the Missouri River has a more hilly character, while the south is very flat. The highest point is Taum Sauk Mountain with an altitude of 540 meters.

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The climate in Missouri is characterized as a humid continental with hot and humid summers and cold winters. The differences in temperature are very significant compared to other countries – in summer the highest average temperatures climb to 32 degrees Celsius, to barely reach freezing in winter. At the same time, there are frequent storms, which sometimes have the character of a tornado.

Historically, the state of Missouri relied primarily on agriculture, and there are still about 100,000 farms; important crops are soybeans or corn. Nevertheless, today Missouri is mainly an industrial state, especially in the north and in the area of ​​two large centers – St. Louis and Kansas City, where manufacturing for the aerospace and transportation industries thrive, as well as the chemical and metalworking industries. Lead, coal and zinc are mined from raw materials in Missouri.

The capital of the state of Missouri is Jefferson City, which is located in the middle of the state. However, the largest cities or conurbations are Kansas City in the west and St. Louis in the east of the state.

The Missouri State Flag was adopted in 1913.

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The capital of Missouri – Jefferson City

The capital of the state of Missouri is the city of Jefferson City. It was founded in 1821, when the newly established state of Missouri designated it as the future capital. Today, Jefferson City has a population of approximately 43,000 and is the fifteenth largest city in Missouri.

After Missouri was established as an official state of the United States in 1821, it was the temporary capital of Saint Charles, but in 1826 it officially became Jefferson City; The reason was, as in many other US states, mainly its location – the city is located almost in the middle of the state of Missouri.

The state is the main employer in Jefferson City due to the fact that there are a number of government offices. But industry and agriculture are also thriving here.

The climate here is humid continental to subtropical – hot and humid summers with average temperatures around 31 degrees and cold winters, when night temperatures drop to an average of -7 degrees Celsius. Thunderstorms are relatively common here in spring and summer, and snowfall is quite common in winter.