Area: 651 900 km2
Language: English
Population (2008): 1 010 146
Capital: Regina
The largest city is Saskatoon.
Lieutenant-Governor Gordon L. Barnhart
Prime Minister: Brad Wall (Saskatchewan Party)
Climate: The province has a temperate continental climate in central and eastern, drier climate in semi-arid steppe in the south and southwest. To the north from La Ronge, the climate is subarctic. Summers are hot, with temperatures exceeding 30 ° C. The winters are very cold.
Economy: The economy is based on Saskatchewan Agriculture: wheat, canola, flax, rye, oats and barley. In the northern part of the province, forestry is significant. Saskatchewan is the largest exporter in the world of potash and uranium. It also produces oil, natural gas, but also of radium and antimony.
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