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| Capital
City: |
Columbia |
| Location: |
34.03923 N, 080.88634 W |
| Area: |
32,007 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
3,800,000 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
May 23rd, 1788; 8th State |
| Song: |
Carolina |
| words by: Henri Timrod |
| music by: Anne C. Burgess |
| Nickname: |
Palmetto State |
| Origin of states name: |
Named in honor of England's King Charles I |
| Time
zone: |
Eastern |
| Other Cities: |
Charleston, Greenville; |
| Border
States: |
Georgia, North
Carolina; |
| Geographic Center: |
Richland, 13 miles southeast of Columbia |
| Coastline: |
187 miles |
| Highest Point: |
Sassafras Mountain, 3,560 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Tobacco, poultry, cattle, dairy
products, soybeans, hogs; |
| Industry: |
Textile goods, chemical products, paper products,
tourism; |
| National
Park: |
none |
| Topography: |
Blue Ridge province in northwest as highest peaks; |
| coastal plain covers two thirds of the State. |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 78 to 84 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° 44 to 48 |
| Flower: |
Yellow Jessamine |
| Tree: |
Sabal Palmetto |
| Newspapers: |
The
State |
| Attractions: |
South
Carolina Attractions. Roadside America |
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