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Rapid City

seat of Pennington County, South Dakota, United States
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Summary

Rapid City is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,824 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pennington County[3], South Dakota[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Head of government: Steve Allender[6], Jason Salamun[7]
  • Instance of: county seat[8]
  • Twinned administrative body: Apolda[9]
  • Postal code: 57701[10], 57702[11], 57703[12], 57709[13]
  • Commons category: Rapid City, South Dakota[14]
  • Local dialing code: 605[15]
  • Inception: 1876[16]
  • Official website: https://www.rcgov.org/[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rapid City, South Dakota[18]
  • Population: 70,812[19], 59,607[20], 54,523[21], 46,492[22], 43,846[23], 42,390[24], 25,312[25], 13,844[26], 10,464[27], 5777[28], 3454[29], 1342[30], 2128[31], 939[32]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Rapid City, South Dakota[33]
  • Capital of: Pennington County[34]
  • Official name: Rapid City[35]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Rapid City, South Dakota[36]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Rapid City, South Dakota[37]
  • Number of households: 30,316[38]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Rapid City, South Dakota[39]
  • Elevation above sea level: 985 m[40]
  • Area: 141.216229 km²[41], 143.708071 km²[42], 141.831516 km²[43], 141.671579 km²[44], 0.159937 km²[45]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.1423 percent[46]
  • Territory overlaps: Rapid City urban area[47]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Rapid City include Rapid City Regional Airport[48], an airport[49], in United States[50].

Why It Matters

Rapid City has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Entities named for it include Rapid City Regional Airport[48], an airport[49], in United States[50].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . rcgov.org. Retrieved . rcgov.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . rcgov.org. Retrieved . rcgov.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . it-ch.topographic-map.com. it-ch.topographic-map.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . census.gov. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Tuwe waƞżi · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'chy', 'cs', 'cy
    Located in time zone → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Pennington County, South Dakota
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: South Dakota"
  2. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Rapid City, South Dakota
    Country → United States
    Per capita income → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+31723'}
    Country → —
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: rapid-city, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289953573|rapid city (#289953573)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
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