South Dakota

South Dakota

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State nickname: The Mount Rushmore State

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Other U.S. States

Capital Pierre

Largest City Sioux Falls

Area
- Total
- Land
- Water
- % water Ranked 17^th
199,905 km²
196,735 km²
3,173 km²
1.6%

Population
- Total (2000)
- Density Ranked 46^th
754,844
3.8/km²

Admittance into Union
- Order
- Date
40^th
November 2, 1889

Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5
Mountain: UTC-7/-6
Eastern SD in Central, Western SD in Mountain

Latitude
Longitude 42°29'30"N to 45°56'N
98°28'33"W to 104°3'W

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 is named after the Lakota (Sioux) Native American tribe. South Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889. North Dakota was admitted on the same day (see Trivia, below).

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

Table of contents

1 Important cities
2 Other features
3 Colleges and Universities
4 Trivia
5 External links

Important cities

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

Trivia

A bill for statehood for North and South Dakota (and Montana, and Washington) was passed on February 22 1889 during the Administration of Grover Cleveland. It was left to his successor Benjamin Harrison to sign proclamations formally admitting North and South Dakota to the Union on November 2 1889. However, the rivalry between the northern and southern territories presented a dilemma: only one, upon the President's signature on the proclamation, could gain the distinction of being admitted before the other. So Harrison directed his Secretary of State James Blaine to shuffle the papers and obscure from him which he was signing first, and the priority went unrecorded.

External links

The Official Home Page of South Dakota