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Section sizes

Section size for Montana (63 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	8,255	8,255
Etymology	1,925	1,925
History	4,616	33,152
Montana territory	1,636	1,636
Conflicts	3,022	3,022
Cattle ranching	1,038	1,038
Railroads	1,886	1,886
Statehood	3,290	3,290
Homesteading	6,005	6,005
Montana and World War I	6,288	6,288
Depression era	335	335
Montana and World War II	2,621	2,621
Other military	1,160	1,160
Cold War Montana	1,255	1,255
Geography	1,307	35,305
Topography	7,909	15,821
Rivers, lakes and reservoirs	1,026	7,912
Pacific Ocean drainage basin	1,423	1,423
Gulf of Mexico drainage basin	4,077	4,077
Hudson Bay drainage basin	378	378
Lakes and reservoirs	1,008	1,008
Flora and fauna	3,369	3,369
Protected lands	3,444	3,444
Climate	8,998	8,998
Antipodes	426	426
Cities and towns	1,940	1,940
Demographics	6,850	33,553
Intrastate demographics	5,626	5,626
Native Americans	7,509	7,509
Birth data	5,711	5,711
Languages	3,435	3,435
Religion	4,422	4,422
Economy	5,920	5,920
Education	185	5,813
Colleges and universities	1,484	1,484
Schools	4,144	4,144
Culture	2,217	17,317
Major cultural events	2,266	2,266
Sports	187	6,506
Professional sports	608	608
College sports	618	618
Other sports	573	573
Olympic competitors	3,546	3,546
Sporting achievements	974	974
Outdoor recreation	280	6,328
Fishing and hunting	2,581	2,581
Winter sports	3,467	3,467
Health	2,202	2,202
Media	2,415	2,415
Transportation	3,299	3,299
Law and government	58	19,119
Constitution	5,426	5,426
Executive	3,059	3,059
Legislative	677	677
Judicial	5,161	5,161
Federal offices and courts	4,738	4,738
Politics	7,474	7,474
See also	197	197
Notes	24	24
References	28	28
Bibliography	94,291	94,291
Further reading	62	62
External links	2,634	2,634
Total	272,985	272,985

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
February 19, 2012	Peer review	Reviewed

Flora and Fauna References

This section heavily references the Montana Field Guide website. The references are not consistent: each stat within one sentence cited while the next sentence has no citation at all. Could the citations in the text and in the references be cleaned up by citing the field guide at its index level instead of within each section? MountainBarley (talk) 04:05, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Montanea or Mons

When I saw the word montanea, I immediately believe that this is the Latin word for mountain but I somehow realize the the translation is different from what it was said in this article when I use google translate to translate the word, only to find that its mons, which is also the Latin for mount. I want to clarify what's the Latin translation for mountain. Anonymy365248 (talk) 16:34, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]