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South Carolina State Guide
Capital: Columbia
May 23, 1788 (8th state)
 Settled by the English in 1670, South Carolina was based on a plantation culture with an aristocratic, wealthy society that was dependent on black slave labor. South Carolina, one of the thirteen colonies, became the eighth state on May 23, 1788. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede form the Union. It re- entered after the Civil War. the attack on Fort Sumter in the Charleston harbor launched the Civil War. After the war, the structure of the state changed. Today, South Carolina is a growing research center and banking state. It is fitting that the state tree of the "Palmetto State" is the cabbage palmetto, which also appears on the state flag. The flower is the yellow jessamine, and the capital is Columbia.
Largest City - Charleston, 309,969
Area - 32,007 square miles [South Carolina is the 40th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 4,012,012 (as of 2000) [South Carolina is the 26th most populous state in the USA]
Major Industries - farming (tobacco, soybeans), textiles, manufacturing chemicals, processed foods, machinery,
electronics, paper products, tourism
Major Rivers - Santee River, Edisto River, Savannah River
Major Lakes - Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie, Lake Murray, Hartwell Lake
Highest Point - Sassafras Mountain on the far northwestern edge of the state, standing at 3,560 ft.
Bordering States - (2) Georgia, North Carolina
Bordering Bodies of Water - Atlantic Ocean
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Abbeville,
Aiken, Allendale,
Anderson, Bamberg,
Barnwell, Beaufort,
Berkeley, Calhoun,
Charleston, Cherokee,
Chester, Chesterfield,
Clarendon, Colleton,
Darlington, Dillon,
Dorchester, Edgefield,
Fairfield, Florence,
Georgetown, Greenville,
Greenwood, Hampton,
Horry, Jasper,
Kershaw, Lancaster,
Laurens, Lee,
Lexington, Marion,
Marlboro, McCormick,
Newberry, Oconee,
Orangeburg, Pickens,
Richland, Saluda,
Spartanburg, Sumter,
Union, Williamsburg,
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