Date Admitted: 1889 (40th)
Capital: Pierre
Largest City: Sioux Falls
Population: 737,973
State Song: "Hail! South
Dakota!"
Lyrics
State Bird: Ring-Necked
Pheasant
State Tree: Western White Spruce
State Flower: Pasque
Nickname: Mount Rushmore State
State Constitution: Adopted
in 1889
Official State Web Page: South
Dakota
Department of Education: Schools
Electronic Library: South
Dakota
View County Map
View County
Profiles
Links of Interest:
News and Media
South Dakota
Magazine
Groton Independent
South Dakota Public Broadcasting
National
Weather Service
South
Dakota
Travel and Tourism
AwayWest
Rough
Guide: South Dakota
South
Dakota Tourism
About
South Dakota
South
Dakota State Signs
and
Symbols
History and Community
South
Dakota Arts Council
South
Dakota Humanities Council
History
of South Dakota
South
Dakota State Historical
Society
and Office of History
Prairie
Basin Wetlands
of
the Dakotas
Badlands National
Park
Black
Hills National Forest
Buffalo
Gap National Grasslands
Official
Mount Rushmore
Wind Cave National
Park
Custer
State Park
South
Dakota State
Parks and Recreation Areas
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Adopted in 1992
Elected Officials
Governor:
William
Janklow
Senators:
Thomas
Daschle
Tim
Johnson
Representatives:
John Thume -- At Large
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