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1 Official state objects
2 Important cities
3 Other features
4 Colleges and universities
5 Trivia
6 Demographics
7 External links

South Dakota
( In Detail) (Full size)

State nickname: The Mount Rushmore State


Other U.S. States
Capital Pierre
Largest City Sioux Falls
Governor Mike Rounds
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water
 - % water 		Ranked 17th

199,905 km˛
196,735 km˛
3,173 km˛
1.6%

Population


 - Total ( 2000)


 - Density 		Ranked 46th


754,844


3.8/km˛
Admittance into Union


 - Order


 - Date

40th

November 2November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. Events 676 Donus becomes Pope. 1772 American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence., 1889Events January-April January 8 Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine January 22 Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC. February 11 Meiji Constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890 January 30 ? Crown
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Central: UTC-6/ -5Daylight saving time (also called DST or Summer Time is the local time a region is designated for a portion of the year, usually an hour forward from its standard official time. It is a system intended to "save" daylight (as opposed to wasting it by, say,
Mountain: UTC-7/ -6Daylight saving time (also called DST or Summer Time is the local time a region is designated for a portion of the year, usually an hour forward from its standard official time. It is a system intended to "save" daylight (as opposed to wasting it by, say,
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) American Indian 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.

The state is divided into 66 counties; see: List of South Dakota counties.



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