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South Dakota is named after the Dakota Sioux tribe, which comprises a large portion of the population with nine reservations currently in the state and has historically dominated the territory. [9] South Dakota is the 17th largest by area, but the 5th least populous, and the 5th least densely populated of the 50 United States.
Geography of South Dakota. South Dakota is a state located in the north-central United States. It is usually considered to be in the Midwestern region of the country. The state can generally be divided into three geographic regions: eastern South Dakota, western South Dakota, and the Black Hills.
Ewing County (1889–1890): Created upon statehood. Abolished one year later, when it became the northern half of Harding County. Forsythe County. Greely County, South Dakota. Jayne County. Lugenbeel County (1875–1909): Created by Dakota Territory from unorganized lands and Meyer and Pratt Counties in 1875.
Sioux Falls ( / ˌsuː ˈfɔːlz / SOO FALZ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 121st-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County [ 10] and also extends into northern Lincoln County to the south, which continues up to the Iowa state line. The population was 192,517 at the ...
South Dakota State Parks and recreation areas range in size from the 19-acre Sandy Shore Recreation Area to the 71,000-acre Custer State Park. It was the first park established in the system, in 1919. Good Earth State Park at Blood Run is the most recent park, added in 2013. System-wide visitation in 2016 was 7,500,000.
Bon Homme Hutterite Colony. / 42.863889; -97.706667. Bon Homme Hutterite Colony, located in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, is the mother colony of all Schmiedeleut Hutterite Colonies in North America and also the oldest Hutterite Colony in the world still in existence. It was founded in 1874 by Hutterite immigrants from what is today Ukraine ...
Badlands National Park ( Lakota: Makȟóšiča[ 3]) is an American national park in southwestern South Dakota. The park protects 242,756 acres (379.3 sq mi; 982.4 km 2) [ 1] of sharply eroded buttes and pinnacles, along with the largest undisturbed mixed grass prairie in the United States. The National Park Service manages the park, with the ...
Summary. Description. Map of South Dakota's legislative districts with counties.svg. Map of South Dakota's House and Senate legislative districts with detailed insets maps of Rapid City and Sioux Falls. This map shows the individual counties in the state. For a map without the counties see Image:Map of South Dakota's legislative districts.svg.