Sooth Dakota

Sooth Dakota
Sooth Dakota
	State
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Dakota Territory
Admittit tae the Union	2 November 1889 (40t)
Lairgest ceety	Sioux Falls
Lairgest metro	Sioux Falls metropolitan aurie
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Dennis Daugaard (R)
• Lieutenant Governor	Matt Michels (R)
Legislatur	South Dakota Legislatur
• Upper hoose	Senate
• Lawer hoose	Hoose o Representatives
U.S. senators	John Thune (R); Mike Rounds (R)
U.S. Hoose delegation	Kristi Noem (R) (leet)
Population
• Total	865,454 (2,016 est)
• Density	4.27/km2 (11.06/sq mi)
Leid
• Offeecial leid	English
Latitude	42° 29′ N tae 45° 56′ N
Longitude	96° 26′ W tae 104° 03′ W

Sooth Dakota (ⁱ/ˌsaʊθ dəˈkoʊtə/; locally [ˌsɑʊθ dəˈko̞ɾə]) is a state locatit in the Midwastren region o the Unitit States. It is namit efter the Lakota an Dakota Sioux Native American tribes. Sooth Dakota is the 17t maist extensive, but the 5t least populous an the 5t least densely populatit o the 50 Unitit States. Ance the soothren portion o the Dakota Territory, Sooth Dakota became a state on 2 November 1889, simultaneously wi North Dakota. Pierre is the state caipital an Sioux Falls, wi a population o aboot 165,000, is Sooth Dakota's lairgest ceety.

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State govrenment

Sooth Dakota state govrenment wabsteid

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