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State Abbreviation - SD
State Capital - Pierre
Largest City - Sioux Falls
Area - 77,121 square miles [South Dakota is the 17th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 844,877 (as of 2013) [South Dakota is the 46th most populous state in the USA]
Name for Residents - South Dakotans

Animal Symbols:

State Bird Chinese ring-necked pheasant

State Mammal Coyote

State Fish Walleye

State Insect Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

State Fossil Triceratops (A three-horned plant-eating dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period)

Plant Symbols:

State Flower American pasqueflower The May day flower

State Tree Black Hills Spruce

Earth Symbols:

State Mineral Rose quartz

State Gemstone Fairburn agate (First discovered near Fairburn, S.D.)

State Jewelry Black Hills gold

State Soil Houdek

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