| SOUTH
CAROLINA
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| HILTON
HEAD |
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| AREA |
32,007 sq miles (40th) (Land) 30,111 sq. miles (Water) 1,896 sq. miles
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| CAPITAL |
Columbia |
| FAMOUS DATES
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Entered Union (rank): May 23, 1788 (8) , Present constitution adopted: 1895
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| LOCATION
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34.039N, 080.886W |
| MEAN ELEVATION
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350 ft. |
| HIGHEST
POINT |
Sassafras Mountain; 3,560 feet, 29th |
| LOWEST
POINT |
Atlantic coast; sea level, 3rd |
| COUNTIES |
46 |
| COASTLINE |
187 miles |
| GEOGRAPHIC CENTER |
in Richland
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| STATE FOSSIL
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| STATE GRASS
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| STATE REPTILE
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| STATE ROCK
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Blue Granite |
| STATE GEMSTONE
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Amethyst |
| STATE FLAG
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Asked by the Revolutionary Council of Safety in the fall of 1775 to design a flag for the use of South Carolina troops, Col. William Moultrie chose a blue which matched the color of their uniforms and a crescent which reproduced the silver emblem worn on the front of their caps. The palmetto tree was added later to represent Moultrie's heroic defense of the palmetto-log fort on Sullivan's Island against the attack of the British fleet on June 28, 1776 |
| STATE COLORS
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| STATE SEAL
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| STATE SLOGAN
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Remember The Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender |
| STATE
MOTTO
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Animis Opibusque Parati / Dum Spiro Spero Prepared in mind and resources / While I breathe, I hope |
| STATE SONG
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Carolina |
| STATE TREE
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Cabbage Palmetto Sabal palmetto |
| STATE BIRD
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Great Carolina Wren |
| STATE ANIMAL
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White-tailed Deer |
| STATE FISH
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| STATE METAL
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| STATE NICKNAMES
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Palmetto State |
| STATE FLOWER
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Yellow Jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens |
| BORDERING
STATES
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Georgia North Carolina |
