South Dakota

South Dakota

File:South Dakota state flag.png (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 km² 196,735 km² 3,173 km² 1.6%
Population  - Total (2000)  - Density	Ranked 46th 754,844 3.8/km²
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
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.

Other features

• Black Hills
• Coteau des Prairies
• Mount Rushmore
• Missouri River
• James River
• Corn Palace
• Wall Drug Store

See: List of South Dakota rivers

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

Demographics

[[Image:National-atlas-indian-reservations-south-dakota.gif|thumb|South Dakota has one of the largest Native American is:

• 1.111111111144444444444444% belong to two or more races