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  1. Prairie province of Canada area 650,000 sq
  2. km/250,900 sq mi capital Winnipeg features
  3. lakes Winnipeg, Winnipegosis, and Manitoba
  4. (area 4,700 sq km/1,814 sq mi); 50% forested
  5. exports grain, manufactured foods, beverages,
  6. machinery, furs, fish, nickel, zinc, copper,
  7. and the world's largest caesium deposits
  8. population (1986) 1,071,000 history known as
  9. Red River settlement until it joined Canada
  10. 1870. It was the site of the Riel Rebellion
  11. 1885. The area of the province was extended
  12. 1881 and 1912.
  13.