South Dakota
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| State nickname: The Mount Rushmore State | |||||
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| Capital | Pierre | ||||
| Area - Total - Land - Water - % water |
Ranked 17th 199,905 kmē 196,735 kmē 3,173 kmē 1.6% | ||||
| Population
- Total (2000) - Density |
Ranked 46th
754,844 3.8/kmē | ||||
| Admittance into Union
- Order - Date | 40th November 2, 1889 | ||||
| Time zone |
Central: UTC-6/-5 Mountain: UTC-7/-6 Eastern SD in Central, Western SD in Mountain | ||||
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Latitude Longitude |
42°29'30"N to 45°56'N 98°28'33"W to 104°3'W | ||||
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Width Length Elevation -Highest -Mean -Lowest |
340 km 610 km 2,207 meters 670 meters 294 meters | ||||
| ISO 3166-2: | US-SD | ||||
South Dakota is a state in the high plains of the northern Middle West. It became a state on November 2, 1889. It is named after the Lakota (Sioux) Native American tribe.
South Dakota is bordered to the north by North Dakota, to the south by Nebraska, to the east by Iowa and Minnesota, and to the west by Wyoming and Montana.
USS South Dakota was named in honor of this state.
- Area: 77,121 sq. miles
- Population: 754,844 (2000)
- Capital: Pierre
- Counties: 66 (see: List of South Dakota counties)
- Bird: Ring-necked Pheasant
- Flower: Pasque Flower[?]
- Tree: Black Hills Spruce
- Nicknames: Mount Rushmore State
Important cities
- Aberdeen
- Deadwood
- Lead
- Madison
- Pierre - State Capital
- Rapid City
- Sioux Falls
- Sturgis
- Watertown
- Yankton
See List of South Dakota counties, Governors of South Dakota
Other features
Colleges and Universities
- Augustana College[?]
- Black Hills State University[?]
- Dakota State University[?]
- Dakota Wesleyan University[?]
- Huron University[?]
- Mount Marty College[?]
- National American University[?]
- Northern State University[?]
- Oglala Lakota College[?]
- Presentation College[?]
- Sinte Gleska University[?]
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology[?]
- South Dakota State University
- University of Sioux Falls[?]
- University of South Dakota[?]
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