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South Dakota State Guide
Capital: Pierre
November 02, 1889 (40th state)
 A Great Plains state, South Dakota was named for the Dakota division of the Sioux Indians, and is known as the Coyote State. Admitted on November 2, 1889 simultaneously with North Dakota after the Dakota Territory was divided along the 46th parallel, South Dakota is mainly a rural state. Today, just less than 10 percent of its population is American Indian. South Dakota is known for two monumental sculptures carved into the Black Hills--Mount Rushmore, which honors presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, and the Crazy Horse Monument, still under construction, which honors the Oglala Sioux war chief. The state flower is the pasque flower, also called the May Day flower; its blooming is one of the first signs of spring in South Dakota.
Largest City - Sioux Falls
Area - 77,121 square miles [South Dakota is the 17th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 754,844 (as of 2000) [South Dakota is the 45th most populous state in the USA]
Major Rivers - Cheyenne River, Missouri River, James River, White River
Major Lakes - Lake Oahe, Lake Francis Case, Lewis and Clark Lake
Highest Point - Harney Peak - 7,242 feet (2,207 m) above sea level
Lowest Point - Big Stone lake - 962 feet (29.5 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming
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Aurora,
Beadle, Bennett,
Bon Homme, Brookings,
Brown, Brule,
Buffalo, Butte,
Campbell, Charles Mix,
Clark, Clay,
Codington, Corson,
Custer, Davison,
Day, Deuel,
Dewey, Douglas,
Edmunds, Fall River,
Faulk, Grant,
Gregory, Haakon,
Hamlin, Hand,
Hanson, Harding,
Hughes, Hutchinson,
Hyde, Jackson,
Jerauld, Jones,
Kingsbury, Lake,
Lawrence, Lincoln,
Lyman, Marshall,
McCook, McPherson,
Meade, Mellette,
Miner, Minnehaha,
Moody, Pennington,
Perkins, Potter,
Roberts, Sanborn,
Shannon, Spink,
Stanley, Sully,
Todd, Tripp,
Turner, Union,
Walworth, Yankton,
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