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 | | MISSOURI, one of the West North Central states, bounded on the N by Iowa; on the E by Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee; on the S by Arkansas; and on the W by Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. |
 | | Missouri, with an area of 180,546 sq km (69,709 sq mi), is the 21st largest state in the U.S.; 4.6% of the land area is owned by the federal government. |
 | | Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state on Aug. 10, 1821, under the terms of the Missouri Compromise. |
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