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Capital	Pierre (Pronounced Peer)
Nickname	Mt. Rushmore State / Coyote State
Motto	Under God the People Rule.
Statehood	November 2, 1889 (39th or 40th -- Admitted the same day as ND.)
Origin of State's Name	Dakota is a Sioux Indian word for "friend."
Largest Cities	Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen, Watertown, Brookings
Border States	Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming
Area	75,898 sq. mi., 16th largest
State Bird	Ring-necked Pheasant
State Flower	Pasqueflower (pulsatilla hirsutissima)
State Tree	Black Hills Spruce (picea glauca)
State Song	Hail, South Dakota
South Dakota was named for the Dakota division of the Sioux Indians. Dakota means "Friend". Today, just less than 10 percent of its population is American Indian. In 1889, South Dakota was admitted to the Union as the 40th state. On the same day, North Dakota was admitted. The Dakota Territory was divided along the 46th parallel. South Dakota is mainly a rural state. It is known for two monumental sculptures carved into the Black Hills -- Mount Rushmore National Memorial, which honors presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, and the Crazy Horse Monument, still under construction, which honors the Oglala Sioux war chief. South Dakota is a state of many startling and beautiful contrasts. The wide Missouri River flows southward through the middle of the state. Low hills, formed by ancient glaciers and vast stretches of fertile cropland lie east of the river. The enchanting Black Hills rise abruptly in the southwest. Southeast of the Black Hills are the weirdly beautiful Badlands.

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