original question: What is the American football conference for division [NFC North]?
answer: national football conference
answer type: American football conference.
auxiliary information: The NFC North is a division of the National Football League's National Football Conference, based in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. It currently has four members: the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, and Minnesota Vikings, all of which are based in a state that touches at least one of the Great Lakes. The NFC North was previously called the NFC Central from 1970 to 2001. The division was created in 1967 as the Central Division of the NFL's Western Conference and existed for three seasons before the AFL‚ÄìNFL merger. After the merger, it was renamed the NFC Central and retained that name until the NFL split into eight divisions in 2002. The four teams have been together in the same division or conference since the Vikings joined the league in 1961. The Bears, Lions and Packers have been in the same division or conference since the NFL began a conference format in 1933. Based on the ages of its teams, the NFC North is the oldest division in the NFL, at a combined 332 years old. The Bears are 96 years old, the Packers are also 96 years old, the Lions are 86 years old, and the Vikings are 54 years old.
In the division [NFC North], what is the name of the American football conference?