Population: 1.1 million
Capital: Helena
Largest City: Billings
Major Industries: Agriculture, forestry, mining, and energy production, and services
Montana state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It borders by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan to the north. Montana is the only US state that shares a land border with three Canadian provinces.
User Groups
| Location | Linux User Group |
|---|---|
| Billings | BillingsGLUG has a small informal gathering most Thursday evenings. |
| Bozeman | BozemanGLUG meets on a monthly basis at the Montana State University Bozeman. The LUG was founded in 2001. |
Montana has two popular nicknames. It is called the “Big Sky Country” as well as “The Treasure State”.