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South Dakota
Official State Web Site
legis.state.sd.us
A Great Plains
state, South Dakota was named for the Dakota division of the Sioux Indians,
and is known as the Coyote State. Admitted simultaneously with North Dakota
after the Dakota Territory was divided along the 46th parallel, South Dakota
is mainly a rural state. Today, just less than 10 percent of its population
is American Indian. South Dakota is known for two monumental sculptures
carved into the Black Hills--Mount Rushmore, which honors presidents
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, and the Crazy Horse
Monument, still under construction, which honors the Oglala Sioux war chief.
The state flower is the pasqueflower, also called the May Day flower; its
blooming is one of the first signs of spring in South Dakota.
| Capital City: | 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 |
| Land 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 |
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