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POSTAL ABBREVIATION: SD
CAPITAL CITY: Pierre
NICKNAME: Mount Rushmore State
RESIDENTS ARE CALLED:
South Dakotans
MOTTO: Under God the
people rule
SONG: Hail, South Dakota
BIRD: Chinese Ring-necked
Pheasant
INSECT: Honeybee
FLOWER: American Pasque
flower
TREE: Black Hills Spruce
LARGEST CITY: Sioux Falls
HIGHEST POINT: Harney
Peak (7,242 ft)
BECAME A STATE ON:
November 2, 1889 (40th state)
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