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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. [10] South Dakota is the 17th-largest by area, but the fifth-least populous, and the fifth-least densely populated of the 50 United States.
South Dakota is the 17th-largest state in the country. South Dakota has a humid continental climate in the east and the Black Hills, and a semi-arid climate in the west outside of the Black Hills, featuring four very distinct seasons, and the ecology of the state features plant and animal species typical of a North American temperate grassland ...
Craven Canyon petroglyphs in the Black Hills.. Human beings have lived in what is today South Dakota for at least several thousand years. Early hunters are believed to have first entered North America at least 17,000 years ago via the Bering land bridge, which existed during the last ice age and connected Siberia with Alaska. [1]
South Dakota is the 17th most extensive, but the 5th least populous, and the 5th least densely populated of the 50 United States. Once the southern portion of the Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889, simultaneously with North Dakota. Pierre is the state capital and Sioux Falls, with a population of 159,000, is ...
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. South Dakota is the 17th-largest by area, but the fifth-least populous, and the fifth-least densely populated of the 50 United States.
The governor of South Dakota heads the executive branch of the state government. [2] The state constitution gives the governor the power to either sign into law or veto bills passed by the state legislature, to serve as commander-in-chief of the state's armed forces, to appoint a cabinet, and to commute criminal sentences or to pardon those convicted of crimes.
The Dakotas, also known as simply Dakota, is a collective term for the U.S. states of North Dakota and South Dakota.It has been used historically to describe the Dakota Territory, and is still used for the collective heritage, [2] culture, geography, [3] fauna, [4] sociology, [5] economy, [6] [7] and cuisine [8] of the two states.
South Dakota, in common with five other nearby states (Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Iowa), is experiencing a trend of falling populations in rural counties. 89% of the total number of cities in these six states have fewer than 3,000 people; hundreds have fewer than 1000. Between 1996 and 2004, almost half a million people ...