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| A monument to the Confederate defenders
of City of Charleston during the Civil War in the city's
battery park. It was also in the park
that the infamous pirate Black Beard was hanged. |
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Flag |
Seal |
| Website : www.sc.gov |
 Capital
: Columbia |
 Highest
point : Sassafras Mountain, 3,560 feet
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 Area : 32,007 square miles,
40th largest state |
 Population : 4,012,012
(2000 US census) |
 Motto
: Dum spiro spero
(While I beath, I hope) |
 Admitted to
Union : May 23, 1788 |
 State
Song : "Carolina" |
 State Bird : Carolina
Wren |
 State Flower : Yellow Jessamine |
 State Tree : Palmeto |
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