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South Dakota

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South Dakota is a state located in the United States . It was established on November 2, 1889 . As of the 2020 census, the population was 887k [1].

The state has an elevation of 670 . South Dakota spans two time zones: the Central Time Zone and the Mountain Time Zone, both observing UTC−06:00 .

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: United States[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Larry Rhoden[5]
  • Continent: North America[6]
  • Capital: Pierre[7]
  • Official language: English[8]
  • Shares border with: North Dakota[9], Montana[10], Minnesota[11], Iowa[12], Nebraska[13], Wyoming[14]
  • Anthem: Hail, South Dakota![15]
  • Named after: Dakota people[16]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Aurora County[17], Beadle County[18], Bennett County[19], Bon Homme County[20], Brookings County[21], Brown County[22], Brule County[23], Buffalo County[24], Butte County[25], Campbell County[26], Charles Mix County[27], Clark County[28], Clay County[29], Codington County[30]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for South Dakota include USS South Dakota[31], a battleship[32].

Why It Matters

South Dakota has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include USS South Dakota[31], a battleship[32].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . 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. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Theklan · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 213
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arc', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'ay', 'az', 'azb', '
    Image → Mount Rushmore detail view (100MP).jpg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Mount_Rushmore_detail_view_(100MP).jpg"
  2. 11w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/South_Dakota
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Locations/South_Dakota"
  3. 13w ago · Estevoaei · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 109349
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 109349, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/192219703|Dakota do Sur (#192219703)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6934|Encic"
  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3OMe5g
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → south-dakota
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: south-dakota, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960433|south dakota (#289960433)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  6. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0249948-Jizni-Dakota
    Executive body → —
    C-span organization id → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0249948-Jizni-Dakota, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  7. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Authority → Government of South Dakota
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Authority: Government of South Dakota"
  8. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'State of South Dakota'}
    Native label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'South Dakota'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Official name: State of South Dakota, Copying from Native label"
  9. 20w ago · Farragutful · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Mount Rushmore detail view (100MP).jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Mt. Rushmore (JPG2SVG2PNG).png"
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