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| Capital
City: |
Pierre |
| Location: |
44.37298 N, 100.32248 W |
| Area: |
77,121 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
740,000 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
November 2nd, 1889; 39th State |
| Song: |
Hail, South Dakota |
| words & music by: Deecort Hammit |
| Nickname: |
Mt. Rushmore State, Coyote State; |
| Origin of states name: |
Dakota is a Sioux Indian word for "Friend". |
| Time
zone: |
Central, Mountain; |
| Other Cities: |
Rapid City, Aberdeen, Sioux Falls; |
| Border
States: |
Iowa, Minnesota,
Montana, Nebraska, |
| North Dakota,
Wyoming; |
| Geographic Center: |
Hughes, 8 miles northeast of Pierre |
| Coastline: |
none |
| Highest Point: |
Harney Peak; 7,242 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Cattle, hogs, wheat, soybeans, milk, corn; |
| Industry: |
Food processing, machinery, lumber & wood products, |
| tourism; |
| National
Park: |
Wind Cave, Badlands; |
| Topography: |
Prairie plains in the east; rolling hills of the Great
Plains |
| in the west; Black Hills in the southwest corner. |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 72 to 76 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° 10 to 15 |
| Flower: |
Pasque Flower |
| Tree: |
Black Hills Spruce |
| Newspapers: |
Capital
Journal |
| Attractions: |
South
Dakota Attractions. Roadside America |
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