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South Dakota
Welcome to South Dakota and a brief overview of The Mount Rushmore state.
One of the Midwestern States, South Dakota is located in the north central 48 "conterminous" states. It's bordered on the north by, you guessed it, North Dakota and on the south by Nebraska. South Dakota is bordered on the east by Minnesota and Iowa and on the west by Montana and Wyoming.
- Statehood: November 2, 1889 (40th state)
- Abbreviation: S. Dak. or S.D. (traditional), SD (postal)
- Capital: Pierre.
- Size: 77,116 square miles, includes inland water (16th)
- Coastline: None.
- Motto: Under God, the people rule.
- State bird: Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus culchicus) adopted 1943.
- State flower: American pasque flower (Pulsatilla hirsutissima) adopted 1903.
- State song: "Hail, South Dakota", words and music by Deecourt Hammitt, adopted 1943.
- State tree: Black Hills spruce (Picea glauca densata) adopted 1947.
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