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North Dakota is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest,named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east,South Dakota to the south,and Montana to the west. North Dakota is part of the Great Plains region,characterized by broad prairies,steppe,temperate savanna,badlands,and farmland. It is believed to host the geographic center of North America,Rugby,and is home to the tallest artificial structure in the Western Hemisphere,the KVLY-TV mast.
South Dakota is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota Sioux Native American tribe,which comprises a large portion of the population with nine reservations currently in the state and have historically dominated the territory. South Dakota is the seventeenth largest by area,but the 5th least populous,and the 5th least densely populated of the 50 United States. As the southern part of the former Dakota Territory,South Dakota became a state on November 2,1889,simultaneously with North Dakota. They are the 39th and 40th states admitted to the union;President Benjamin Harrison shuffled the statehood papers before signing them so that no one could tell which became a state first. Pierre is the state capital,and Sioux Falls,with a population of about 192,200,is South Dakota's largest city.
The Lakota are a Native American people. Also known as the Teton Sioux,they are one of the three prominent subcultures of the Sioux people,with the Eastern Dakota (Santee) and Western Dakota (Wičhíyena). Their current lands are in North and South Dakota. They speak Lakȟótiyapi—the Lakota language,the westernmost of three closely related languages that belong to the Siouan language family.
The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations peoples in North America. The modern Sioux consist of two major divisions based on language divisions:the Dakota and Lakota;collectively they are known as the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ. The term "Sioux" is an exonym created from a French transcription ("Nadouessioux") of the Ojibwe term "Nadowessi",and can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or to any of the nation's many language dialects.
South Dakota State University (SDSU) is a public land-grant research university in Brookings,South Dakota. Founded in 1881,it is the state's largest and most comprehensive university and the oldest continually-operating university in South Dakota. The university is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents,which governs the state's six public universities and two special schools.
Sioux Falls is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 121st-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into Lincoln County to the south,which continues up to the Iowa state line. As of 2022,Sioux Falls had an estimated population of 202,078. The Sioux Falls metro area accounts for more than 30% of the state's population. Chartered in 1856 on the banks of the Big Sioux River,the city is situated in the rolling hills at the junction of interstates 29 and 90.
The governor of South Dakota is the head of government of South Dakota. The governor is elected to a four-year term in even years when there is no presidential election. The current governor is Kristi Noem,a member of the Republican Party who took office on January 5,2019.
The University of South Dakota (USD) is a public research university in Vermillion,South Dakota. Established by the Dakota Territory legislature in 1862,27 years before the establishment of the state of South Dakota,USD is the flagship university for the state of South Dakota and the state's oldest public university. It occupies a 274 acres (1.11 km2) campus located in southeastern South Dakota,approximately 63 miles (101 km) southwest of Sioux Falls,39 miles (63 km) northwest of Sioux City,Iowa,and north of the Missouri River.
The South Dakota Supreme Court is the highest court in the state of South Dakota. It is composed of a chief justice and four associate justices appointed by the governor. One justice is selected from each of five geographic appointment districts. Justices face a nonpolitical retention election three years after appointment and every eight years after that. The justices also select their own chief justice.
The Drift Prairie is a geographic region of North Dakota and South Dakota.
The Dakota are a Native American tribe and First Nations band government in North America. They compose two of the three main subcultures of the Sioux people,and are typically divided into the Eastern Dakota and the Western Dakota.
The South Dakota Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in South Dakota. It is currently the dominant party in the state,controlling South Dakota's at-large U.S. House seat,both U.S. Senate seats,the governorship,and has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.
The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the U.S. state of South Dakota.
The secretary of state of South Dakota is an elected constitutional officer of the U.S. state of South Dakota. The current secretary of state is Monae Johnson.
Kristi Lynn Noem is an American politician who has served as the 33rd governor of South Dakota since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,she served as the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2019,and was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives for the 6th district from 2007 to 2011.
The 1974 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 5,1974,to elect a Governor of South Dakota. This election was the first in South Dakota to elect the governor for a four-year term,after it was allowed by a constitutional amendment passed in 1972. Democratic nominee and Governor Richard F. Kneip was re-elected,defeating Republican nominee John E. Olson. As of 2022,this is the last time that a Democrat was elected Governor of South Dakota,marking the start of the longest Republican winning streak in the country for a state's governorship.
Elections are held in the U.S. state of South Dakota regularly.
The 2022 South Dakota Senate elections were held on November 8,2022,as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections. All 35 seats in the South Dakota Senate were up for election. Primary elections were held on June 7,2022. The elections coincided with elections for other offices in South Dakota,including the US Senate,US House,South Dakota Governor,South Dakota Secretary of State,South Dakota Attorney General,and the South Dakota House.
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