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Capital	Columbia
Nickname	Palmetto State
Motto	Animis Opibusque Parati (Prepared in Soul and Resources) Dum Spiro Spero (While I breathe, I hope)
Statehood	May 23, 1788 (8th)
Origin of State's Name	Taken from"Carolus," the Latin word for Charles and named after England's King Charles I
Largest Cities	Columbia, Charleston, North Charleston, Greenville, Spartanburg
Border States	Georgia, North Carolina
Area	30,111 sq. mi., 40th largest
State Bird	Great Carolina Wren
State Flower	Yellow Jessamine (gelsemium sempervirens)
State Tree	Cabbage Palmetto (sabal palmetto)
State Song	Carolina
South Carolina is the southern portion of the original 1629 land grant made by England's King Charles I, which was named in his honor (Carolus is Latin for Charles). Settled by the English in 1670, South Carolina was based on a plantation culture with an aristocratic, wealthy society that was dependent on black slave labor. One of the original 13 colonies, South Carolina was first formed in 1729 when the Carolina colony was divided in two to form North and South Carolina. The attack on Fort Sumter in the Charleston harbor launched the Civil War. Today, South Carolina is a growing research center and banking state. South Carolina has retained many features of the South of pre-Civil War days. Graceful buildings, erected before the war, stand in Charleston, Beaufort and other cities. Large plantations, which were once the backbone of the South's economy, still remain in parts of South Carolina. The state's mountains, seashores and historic sites make the state an ideal vacationland.

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