South Dakota

South Dakota — page 3 — (cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)SOUTH DAKOTA (cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43) QUICK FACTS Name The word Dakota means friend or ally in the language of the Native American Sioux nation State Capital Pierre population 14,002 Date of Statehood November 2 1889 40th state Population 858,469 46th-most populous state Area Total Land and Water 77,116 square miles 199,730 sq km 17th-largest state Largest City Sioux Falls population 171,544 Nickname The Mount Rushmore State The Coyote State Motto Under God the People Rule State Bird Ring-Necked Pheasant 6 SOUTH DAKOTA

South Dakota — page 4 — (cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43) Pasque State Flower Pasque State Mineral Rose Quartz State Tree Black Hills Spruce State Song Hail South Dakota Rose Quartz Highest Point Harney Peak 7,242 feet 2,207 m Lowest Point Big Stone Lake 966 feet 294 m Average July High Temperature 86 F 30 C Record High Temperature 120 F 49 C in Usta on July 15 2006 Average January Low Temperature 8 F 13 C Record Low Temperature 58 F 50 C in McIntosh on February 17 1936 Average Annual Precipitation 20 inches 51 cm Black Hills Spruce Harney Peak Big Stone Lake Number of U S Senators 2 Number of U S Representatives 1 U S Postal Service Abbreviation SD QUICK FACTS 7

South Dakota — page 5 — (cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)SOUTH DAKOTA (cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43) GEOGRAPHY South Dakota is in the Midwest region of the United States It is also part of the Great Plains It is a big state covering 77,116 square miles 199,730 sq km Minnesota and Iowa share its eastern border To the south is Nebraska To the west are Wyoming and Montana North Dakota is to the north Thousands of years ago huge sheets of ice called glaciers scraped and formed the land under the eastern half of South Dakota They stopped about where the Missouri River is today The river runs north and south nearly splitting the state up the middle The Missouri River approaches Pierre South Dakota The river runs north and south through the state nearly splitting it up the middle 8 SOUTH DAKOTA

South Dakota — page 6 — (cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43) A N A T N O M I G N M O Y W NORTH DAKOTA N (cid:56) 0 0 100 miles 100 km Aberdeen SOUTH DAKOTA 29 A T O S E N N M I Deadwood B l a c k H i l l s Rapid City Badlands 90 (cid:43)Pierre NEBRASKA M i s s o u 90 Sioux Falls ri Riv e r 29 A W O I South Dakota’s total land and water area is 77,116 square miles 199,730 sq km It is the 17th-largest state The state capital is Pierre GEOGRAPHY 9

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