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South Carolina
South Carolina is a southern state in the United States. South Carolina was one of the thirteen colonies that State nickname: Palmetto State revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. The state is named after King Charles I of England. As of 2000, the state's Capital Columbia population is 4,012,012. Largest City Columbia USS South Carolina was Area Ranked 40th named in honor of this Ê- Total 82,965 km2 state. Ê- Land 78,051 km2 Ê- Water 4,915 km2 Ê- % water 6% Population Ranked 26th Ê- Total (2000) 4,012,012 Ê- Density 48/km2 History Time zone Eastern: UTC-5/-4 Latitude 32¡4'30"N to 35¡12'N On February 5, 1778 Longitude 78¡0'30"W to 83¡20'W South Carolina became Width 320 km the first state to Length 420 km ratify the first Elevation Ê constitution of the Ê -Highest 1,085 meters United States, the Ê -Mean 105 meters Articles of Ê -Lowest 0 meters Confederation. ISO 3166-2: US-SC South Carolina was the first state which tried to secede from the United States, to form the Confederate States of America, precipitating the Civil War. The initial battle of this war happened at Fort Sumter, which stands on an island in Charleston harbor. Geography South Carolina is bounded to the north by North Carolina, to the south and west by Georgia, across the Savannah River, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Columbia. Other important cities are Charleston, Greenville, and Spartanburg. South Carolina is composed of four geographic areas, whose boundries roughly parallel the northeast/southwest Atlantic coastline. The lower part of the state is the coastal plain, which is nearly flat, composed entirely of recent sediments such as sand, silt and clay. Its better drained areas make excellent farmland, though some land is swampy. Rising sea has drowned some of the coastline, creating many salt marshes, and estuaries, as well as natural ports such as Georgetown and Charleston. An unusual feature of the coastal plain is a large number of Carolina bays, the origin of which is uncertain, though a prominant theory is that they were created by a meteor shower. The bays all tend to be oval, lining up in a northwest to southeast orientation. Just west of the coastal plain is a thin strip of sand hills which are thought to be remnants of old coastal dunes from a time when the land was sunken or the oceans were higher. Next comes the piedmont, which is the roots of an old mountain chain that has been almost entirely eroded away. It tends to be hilly, with thin, stony clay soils, except for a few pockets of good farm land. Much of the Piedmont was once farmed, but found wanting and is now reforested. At the edge of the Piedmont is the fall line where rivers drop to the coastal plain. The fall line was an important early source of water power and mills that uses this resource were the stimulous for several cities, including the capital, Columbia. The larger rivers are navigable up to the fall line, so this provieded a trade route for the growing fall line mill towns. The upper part of the Piedmont is also known as the mountain foothills. The Cherokee Parkway has established a very scenic route through this area. Finally the last geographic province is the mountains, which is only a small part of northwestern South Carolina, but continues into North Carolina and Georgia, as part of the southern Appalachian chain. Table Rock and Caesar's Head are tourist areas. The Chatooga River is a favorite whitewater rafting place and was the scene of the movie Deliverance. Education Colleges and Universities * Allen University * Newberry College * Anderson College * North Greenville College * Benedict College * Presbyterian College * Bob Jones University * Sherman College of Straight * Charleston Southern Chiropractic University * South Carolina State University * The Citadel * Southern Wesleyan University * Claflin University * University of South Carolina * Clemson University System * Coastal Carolina University o University of South Carolina * Coker College Aiken * College of Charleston o University of South Carolina * Columbia College Beaufort * Columbia International o University of South Carolina University Columbia * Converse College o University of South Carolina * Erskine College Lancaster * Francis Marion University o University of South Carolina * Furman University Spartanburg * Johnson & Wales University o University of South Carolina Charleston Sumter * Lander University o University of South Carolina * Limestone College Union * Medical University of South * Voorhees College Carolina * Winthrop University * Morris College * Wofford College Professional Sports Teams Its Minor League Baseball Teams are: o Charleston RiverDogs o Myrtle Beach Pelicans o Capital City Bombers o Greenville Braves
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