Each state of the United States selects two senators to represent their states in the United States Senate. In 1913, the 17th Amendment[?] to the United States Constitution provided for the direct popular election of senators; prior to this, senators were selected by state legislatures.
... sq. miles). The capital of Sakhalin is Yuzhno Sakhalinsk[?] (Japanese: Toyohara (豊原)), a city of about 200,000 which has a large Korean minority who ...