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Bottineau
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city in North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- County
- Bottineau
- Mayor
- Perry Schoenborn
- Total
- 1.32 sq mi (3.41 km )
- Land
- 1.32 sq mi (3.41 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,631 ft (497 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 2,186
- Density
- 1,667.5/sq mi (643.81/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 38-08460
- Highways
- ND 5
- Website
- bottineau.govoffice.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Bottineau
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Bottineau County
- Population
- 2194
- Area
- 2.824674
- Elevation
- 499
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- Bottineau County
- Official website
- bottineau.govoffice.com
- Image
- 2009-0521-ND-Bottineau-TommyTurtle.jpg
- Households
- 838
- Dialing code
- 701
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- Commons category
- Bottineau, North Dakota
- postal code
- 58318
- inception
- 1887-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- different from
- Bottineau
- per capita income
- 30759
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Encyclopedic overview
Bottineau is a city in Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Bottineau County and is located just over ten miles (16 km) south of the Canada–United States border. The city's population was 2,194 at the 2020 census.
The city is home to Dakota College at Bottineau. Attractions in Bottineau include the Bottineau Winter Park and "Tommy Turtle," the world's largest turtle, which has become a landmark for the city. Built in 1978 and thirty feet (9 m) in height, the fiberglass turtle is located in the eastern half of the city and was built as a symbol for the nearby Turtle Mountains. The International Peace Garden is nearby to the northeast.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bottineau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.