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About Manitoba
Manitoba covers an area of 649,947 square km/250,946 square miles (larger than Japan and twice the size of the U.K.). Its size places Manitoba as the 6 th largest province. Manitoba is the easternmost of the three Prairie Provinces. The terrain is made up of prairie grassland in the south and west, Canadian Shield lakes and forest in the east, and north; a small area of Manitoba 's extreme north is Arctic tundra. The climate has four distinct seasons: cold dry winters, hot dry summers, temperate spring and fall. Normal average temperatures range between summer (+15C) and winter (-23C). The province has a vibrant agricultural industry in wheat, hogs, beef cattle, canola and dairy, though motor vehicles and parts remain Manitoba's top-ranked export products. Wheat continues to be the most important Manitoba crop, accounting for more than 40% of crop production value, followed by canola and flaxseed. Other major crops are barley, oats and rye. Total land farmed in 1996 was 19.1 million acres. http://www.gov.mb.ca/splash.html http://www.travelmanitoba.com/contents.html Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Strong-Coley and Associates |
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Manitoba has been a province of Canada since 1870. The population of Manitoba, according to the 2003 Statistics Canada estimate, is 1,162,776. The government of the province, as provided in the Manitoba Act is organized on the parliamentary system which is led by Premier Gary Doer.