South Dakota
[[pl:Dakota Po%B3udniowa (stan w USA)]] A state in the high plains of the northern Middle West. It became a state on November 2, 1889.
Named after the Lakota (Sioux) Native American tribe.
Bordered to the north by North Dakota; to the south by Nebraska; to the east by Iowa and Minnesota, and to the west by Wyoming and Montana.
- Area: 77,121 sq. miles
- Population:754,850 (2000)
- Capital: Pierre
- Counties: 66 (see: List of South Dakota counties)
- Bird: Ring-necked Pheasant
- Flower: Pasque Flower
- Tree: Black Hills Spruce
- Nicknames: Mount Rushmore State
Important cities
- Aberdeen
- Deadwood
- Lead
- Pierre - State Capital
- Rapid City
- Sioux Falls
- Sturgis
- Watertown
- Yankton
Other features
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