Where are the capitals of states west of Mississippi River located?

Hello and thank you for your question. The Mississippi River is the largest river in North America. Its source is located in the state of Minnesota and its mouth meets the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana. The great river and its various tributaries are located entirely within the continental United States. The primary course of the River flows from north to south. While it passes though the states of Minnesota and Louisiana, its shores are bordered on the east by the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi, and on the west by Iowa, Missouri and Arkansas. Here’s a link to an image of the course and watershed of the Mississippi River: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mississippi_watershed_map_1.jpg. Twenty-two U.S. States are located between the western shoreline of the Mississippi River and the West Coast of the United States. Below is a list of these states, their capitals and where each capital is located within its respective state: Key: State Name – Capital Name – Capital Location Arizona – Phoenix – Located in the northeastern reaches of the Sonoran Desert in the state’s southwestern quadrant. Coordinates: 33°27′N 112°4′W Arkansas – Little Rock – Located near the geographic center of the state. Coordinates: 34°44′10″N 92°19′52″W California – Sacramento – Located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. Coordinates: 38°33′20″N 121°28′8″W Colorado – Denver – Located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Coordinates: 39°44′21″N 104°59′5″W Idaho – Boise – Located on the Boise River in the southwestern quadrant of the state. Coordinates: 43°36′49″N 116°12′12″W Iowa – Des Moines – Located south of the geographic center of the state. Coordinates: 41°35′27″N 93°37′15″W Kansas – Topeka – Located in northeastern quadrant of the state along the Kansas River. Coordinates: 39°03′21″N 95°41′22″W Louisiana – Baton Rouge – Located in the southeast portion of the stated along the Mississippi River. Coordinates: 30°27′29″N 91°8′25″W Minnesota – Saint Paul – Located mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River. It adjoins Minneapolis, the state’s largest city. Coordinates: 44°56′38.76″N 93°05′6.72″W Missouri – Jefferson City – Located on the northern edge of the Ozark Plateau on the southern side of the Missouri River near the geographic center of the state, in a region known as Mid-Missouri. It is at the western edge of the Missouri Rhineland, one of the major wine-producing regions of the Midwest. Coordinates: 38°34′36″N 92°10′25″W Montana – Helena – Located in the western half of the state. Coordinates: 46°35′44.9″N 112°1′37.31″W Nebraska – Lincoln – Located south of the Platte River in the state’s southeastern quadrant. Coordinates: 40°48′35″N 96°40′31″W Nevada – Carson City – Located in the northern sector of the state near the western border. Coordinates: 39°9′39″N 119°45′14″W New Mexico – Santa Fe – Located north of the geographic center of the state. Coordinates: 35°40′2″N 105°57′52″W North Dakota – Bismarck – Located in the southern portion of the state near the western border. It is situated on the east bank of the Missouri River, directly across the river from city of Mandan. Coordinates: 46°48′48″N 100°46′44″W Oklahoma – Oklahoma City – Located near the geographic center of the state. Coordinates: 35°28′56.28″N 97°32′6.72″W Oregon – Salem – Located in the center of the Willamette Valley in the northwestern quadrant of the state, alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city. Coordinates: 44°55′51″N 123°1′44″W South Dakota – Pierre – Located near the western border of the state on the Missouri River opposite Fort Pierre. Coordinates: 44°22′5″N 100°20′11″W Texas – Austin – Located in the central part of the state on the eastern edge of the American Southwest. Coordinates: 30°15′N 97°45′W Utah – Salt Lake City – Located in the Great Basin in the northern half of the state in the region known as the Intermountain West. Coordinates: 40°45′0″N 111°53′0″W Washington – Olympia – Located in the Puget Sound region in the western portion of the state. Coordinates: 47°2′33″N 122°53′35″W Wyoming – Cheyenne – Located on Crow Creek and Dry Creek in the southeastern quadrant of the state. Coordinates: 41°8′44″N 104°48′7″W I hope this helps to answer your question. Best of luck to you as you continue forward with your research!

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