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Definition: South Dakota from Collins English Dictionary

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1 a state of the western US: lies mostly in the Great Plains; the chief US producer of gold and beryl. Capital: Pierre. Pop: 764 309 (2003 est). Area: 196 723 sq km (75 955 sq miles) Abbreviation: S. Dak or with zip code SD

South Dakota

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
State in north-central USA, a Great Plains state, bordered to the north by North Dakota , to the west by Montana and Wyoming , to the south by Nebraska , and to the east by Minnesota and Iowa ; area 196,541 sq km/75,885 sq mi; population (2010) 814,180; capital Pierre . South Dakota was formerly known as the Coyote State due to the abundance of coyotes that roam the prairies, but its official nickname is now the Mount Rushmore State because of the famous mountain sculpture, Mount Rushmore, which is the state's biggest tourist attraction. South Dakota is primarily a rural state, bisected by the Missouri River, with rolling hills and flat plains to the east and rocky uplifts to the west. Thousands of buffalo once roamed the prairies and grassland of the state. Tourism is key to the state economy, second only to livestock and grain production in terms of economic importance. Other cities include Sioux Falls , Rapid City , and Aberdeen . The influence of the Sioux tribe, both historically…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
South Dakota
State in the N central USA, on the Great Plains . The capital is Pierre ; the largest cities are Sioux Falls and Rapid City. The land rises gradually from the E to the Black Hills (featuring Mount Rushmore) in the W and the Badlands in the SW, with the Missouri River bisecting the state. One fifth…
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From The Great American History Fact-Finder
(Coyote State) became the fortieth state in the Union on November 2, 1889. (See maps: United States Physical Features and United States Political Features .) When gold was discovered in the Black Hills in 1874, boomtowns sprung up, including Deadwood with such colorful characters as Wild Bill Hickok…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(dӘkō'tӘ), state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W). Area , 77,047 sq mi (199,552 sq km). Pop. (2010) 814,180, a 7.9% increase since the 2000 census. Capital , Pierre. Largest city , Sioux Falls. …
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From U.S. Land & Natural Resources Policy: A Public Issues Handbook
South Dakota
Topic Value Time Period Sources: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, State Profiles, December 2010; United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2007 National Resources Inventory; U.S. General Services Administration, Federal Real Property…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
State in north-central USA, a Great Plains state, bordered to the north by North Dakota , to the west by Montana and Wyoming , to the south by Nebraska , and to the east by Minnesota and Iowa ; area 196,541 sq km/75,885 sq mi; population (2010) 814,180; capital Pierre . South Dakota was formerly…
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From Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment in the United States
The State of South Dakota is a capital punishment jurisdiction. The State reenacted its death penalty law after the United States Supreme Court decision in Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), on January 1, 1979. South Dakota has a two-tier legal system. The State's legal system is composed of a…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
State Capitol, Pierre, South Dakota. Credit:Glen...
State, north-central U.S. Area: 77,116 sq mi (199,729 sq km). Population: (2010) 814,180; (2016 est.) 865,454. Capital: Pierre . South Dakota is bordered on the north by North Dakota, on the east by Minnesota and Iowa, on the south by Nebraska, and on the west by Wyoming and Montana. The state has…
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From Encyclopedia of North American Immigration
South Dakota is the 16 th largest state in the United States, comprising 75,884 square miles. In 2014 the population was 853,175, of which 24,627 were foreign born (2.9 percent). It became the 40th state, admitted to the union in 1889. In 1990 and 2000, the foreign born population represented 1.1…
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Full text Article South Dakota, Economic History of

From Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
South Dakota, Economic History of
South Dakota, located in the northern Great Plains region, was part of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, a land deal in which France sold to the U.S. government much of what later became the central United States west of the Mississippi River. It was admitted as a U.S. state in 1889. During the early…
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The Crazy Horse Memorial as of 2017.
The state is headquarters to nine nations and home to eighty-three thousand Native citizens. CHAMBERLAIN Akta Lakota Museum And Cultural Center In 1992, the Akta Lakota Museum and Cultural Center, an educational outreach located at St. Joseph's Indian School, opened to promote knowledge about the…
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