South Dakota is 77,121 sq. miles in area making it the 17th largest state in the US.
The population of South Dakota's At-large congressional district is 754,854.
There are large oil findings in the Bakken Oil Field in North Dakota, however, there is not much oil found in South Dakota.
South Dakota has large areas of semiarid grasslands but no true deserts.
Badlands National Park and a large area of badlands are located in southwestern South Dakota.
It has a large body of Lutherans.
South Dakota
The US state of South Dakota is south of the US state of North Dakota.
The US state of North Dakota is north of South Dakota.
Yankton, South Dakota is on the border of South Dakota and Nebraska as are North Siuox City and Dakota Dunes, South Dakota. Big Stone City, South Dakota is on the border of South Dakota and Minnesota. Lemmon, South Dakota is located on the border of South Dakota and North Dakota.
South Dakota did not have any 'colonial days' because South Dakota was not a colony. South Dakota was part of the Dakota Territory, so South Dakota had 'territorial days'.
North Dakota is up by the border of Canada, Wyoming is just next to South Dakota.
No, slavery was not a part of the reason North Dakota and South Dakota split. North Dakota and South Dakota were part of the Dakota Territory from 1862 until statehood in 1889. The reasons North Dakota and South Dakota were split had to do with the population centers which, at the time, were several hundred miles apart and with the large size of the territory. There was also the fact that the Republicans wanted two states because that would add to their political power in the US Senate.