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POSTAL ABBREVIATION: SC
CAPITAL CITY: Columbia
NICKNAME: Palmetto State
RESIDENTS ARE CALLED:
South Carolinians
MOTTO: While I Breathe, I
Hope
SONG: Carolina
BIRD: Carolina Wren
INSECT: Carolina Mantid
FLOWER: Yellow Jessamine
TREE: Sobal Palmetto
LARGEST CITY: Columbia
HIGHEST POINT: Sassafras
Mountain (3,560 ft)
BECAME A STATE ON: May
23, 1788 (8th state)
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