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South Dakota USA
Website: South-Dakota-USA.com
US State of South Dakota
South
Dakota is a Midwestern state in the United States in the N central United
States.
South Dakota is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), Wyoming and Montana (W).
South Dakota is named after the Lakota (Sioux) American Indian tribe.
South Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889. North Dakota was admitted on the same day.
The US postal abbreviation of South Dakota is SD.
It is one of the six states of the Frontier Strip.
Pierre is the South Dakota state capital; the largest cities are Sioux Falls and Rapid City.
What time zone is South Dakota in?
The Eastern part of South Dakota (including Pierre, the State capital) is in the Central Time Zone in the United States. Central Standard Time (CST) is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-6). The Western part of South Dakota is in the Mountain Time Zone in the United States. Mountain Standard Time (MST) is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-7).
See South Dakota counties for local time.
Does South Dakota observe Daylight Saving Time?
Like most states in the U.S., Daylight Saving Time is observed in South Dakota, where the time is shifted forward by 1 hour, resulting in a 5 hours and 6 hours difference behind GMT for the Eastern and Western part of South Dakota respectively.
After the Summer months the time in
South Dakota is shifted back
by 1 hour resulting in the normal time difference behind GMT.
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South Dakota
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Towns and Cities in South Dakota
Aberdeen, South DakotaBelle Fourche, South Dakota
Beresford, South Dakota
Brookings, South Dakota
Canton, South Dakota
Carthage, South Dakota
Clark, South Dakota
Custer, South Dakota
Deadwood, South Dakota
Dell Rapids, South Dakota
Delmont, South Dakota
Edgemont, South Dakota
Emery, South Dakota
Faith, South Dakota
Flandreau, South Dakota
Fort Pierre, South Dakota
Hot Springs, South Dakota
Howard, South Dakota
Huron, South Dakota
Keystone, South Dakota
Lake Preston, South Dakota
Lead, South Dakota
Madison, South Dakota
Mitchell, South Dakota
Mobridge, South Dakota
Murdo, South Dakota
North Sioux City, South Dakota
Onida, South Dakota
Parkston, South Dakota
Pierre, South Dakota
Pierre, South Dakota
Rapid City, South Dakota
Salem, South Dakota
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Spearfish, South Dakota
Springfield, South Dakota
Sturgis, South Dakota
Tulare, South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota
Wagner, South Dakota
Wall, South Dakota
Watertown, South Dakota
Webster, South Dakota
Wessington Springs, South Dakota
Woonsocket, South Dakota
Yankton, South Dakota
