South
The U.S. South has long had its own identity. Historically agrarian, it's known for maintaining traditional values, down-home hospitality, and a slower pace of life than other parts of the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include New Orleans and Atlanta.
New Orleans
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Way down yonder in New Orleans, you'll find the roots of jazz and a blossoming culture that is unlike anything else on Earth. Here, the laid-back atmosphere of the riverfront South has mixed with French sophistication, Spanish style, and African-American energy to create something greater than the sum of its parts.
Atlanta
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Atlanta is the vanguard of the New South, with the charm and elegance of the Old. It's a city that balances southern traditions with sleek modernism, and southern hospitality with three skylines and the world’s busiest airport.
Charlotte
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Charlotte is an ambitious and rapidly growing city in the southern part of the Piedmont of North Carolina. It is also developing its fledgling tourist industry; its central core is one of the most visitor-friendly districts in the Carolinas.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as North Carolina and Georgia.
North Carolina
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North Carolina is a quintessentially Southern state in the United States of America, which offers visitors endless varieties within three distinct regions.
Georgia
Georgia is a U.S. state in the South. Georgia offers a wide ranges of destinations, from beaches to mountains and waterfalls, from charming small towns to the sights and sounds of Atlanta, and the history and grace of Savannah.
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia is a state in the South of the United States with nearly 9 million inhabitants. Bordered on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and the west by the Appalachian mountains, with expanses of farmland in between, Virginia has much to offer history buffs and lovers of scenic landscapes.
Louisiana
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Louisiana is a state in the South of the United States that is known for its culture that dominates in the New Orleans part of the state. The state of Louisiana is bordered to the west by Texas, to the north by Arkansas, to the east by the state of Mississippi, and to the south by the Gulf of Mexico.
Kentucky
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Kentucky is a Southern state of the United States; its state capital is Frankfort. Attractions include horse racing and beautiful lakes. It is home to famous food, drink and music traditions.
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state on the western side of the Southern United States. It calls itself "the Natural State". The northern part of the state is mountainous and forested, with the northwestern corner being home to the scenic Ozark Mountains and the economically booming Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers-Bentonville area.
Alabama
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Alabama is a state in the Southern United States. Alabama is known for its civil rights history and scenic beauty, and has a lot to offer those who enjoy the great outdoors, from Gulf Coast beaches to 40 National and stare parks.
Tennessee
Tennessee is a US state in the South known for its rich history, music, and the Appalachian Mountains along its eastern border. Many visitors come to see Elvis Presley's home, Graceland, or the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Mississippi
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Mississippi, in the American South, is often overlooked by travelers, yet those who seek out the many things the state has to offer will not regret it.
South Carolina
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South Carolina is a state in the American South. It is known for its diverse geography from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Upstate to its subtropical beaches and marshlike sea islands along the coast.
West Virginia
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West Virginia is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It's often called the "Mountain State", being the only state in the USA to lie completely within a mountain range, and having the highest mean elevation of any state in the east.
South
- Type: Region with 115,000,000 residents
- Description: cultural region in the southeastern and south-central United States
- Also known as: “American South”, “Dixie”, “Dixie Land”, “Dixieland”, “Region 3: South”, “Southern States”, “southern states of the U.S.”, “southern states of the United States”, “southern states of the US”, “Southern U.S.”, “Southern United States”, “Southern US”, “the South”, “U.S. Census Bureau region 3”, “U.S. census region 3”, “U.S. South”, “United States Census Bureau region 3”, “United States census region 3”, “US Census Bureau region 3”, “US census region 3”, and “US South”
- Neighbors: Mid-Atlantic
- Categories: cultural area, United States census region, and U.S. region
- Location: United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“South” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Suidelike Verenigde State”
- Arabic: “جنوب الولايات المتحدة”
- Armenian: “ԱՄՆ հարավ”
- Asturian: “Sur d’Estaos Xuníos”
- Azerbaijani: “Cənubi ABŞ”
- Basque: “Hegoaldeko Estatu Batuak”
- Belarusian: “Вікіпедыя:Праект:Вікітыдзень/Поўдзень ЗША”
- Belarusian: “Поўдзень ЗША”
- Bulgarian: “Юг”
- Catalan: “Sud dels Estats Units”
- Central Kurdish: “باشووری ویلایەتە یەکگرتووەکان”
- Chinese: “美国南部”
- Chinese: “美國南部”
- Cornish: “Statys Unys Soth”
- Croatian: “Jug SAD-a”
- Czech: “Jih Spojených států amerických”
- Danish: “Sydstaterne”
- Dutch: “Zuidelijke Verenigde Staten”
- Esperanto: “Sudaj ŝtatoj de Usono”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Yhdysvallat”
- Finnish: “Etelä”
- French: “Sud des États-Unis”
- Galician: “Rexión Sur”
- German: “Amerikanischer Süden”
- German: “Südstaat”
- German: “Südstaaten der USA”
- German: “Südstaaten”
- Greek: “Αμερικανικός Νότος”
- Greek: “Νότιες Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες”
- Hebrew: “דרום ארצות הברית”
- Hindi: “दक्षिणी संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका”
- Hungarian: “Dél-Egyesült Államok”
- Indonesian: “Amerika Serikat Selatan”
- Indonesian: “Dixie Land”
- Indonesian: “Dixieland”
- Indonesian: “negara bagian selatan”
- Indonesian: “Selatan AS”
- Irish: “Deisceart na Stáit Aontaithe”
- Italian: “Stati Uniti d’America meridionali”
- Italian: “Stati Uniti meridionali”
- Japanese: “アメリカ合衆国南部”
- Japanese: “南部”
- Korean: “미국 남부”
- Latin: “Civitates Foederatae Meridianae”
- Latin: “Civitates Foederatae Meridionales”
- Latvian: “ASV dienvidi”
- Macedonian: “Југ”
- Malay: “Selatan Amerika Syarikat”
- Northern Frisian: “Süüdstooten”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sørstatene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sørstatane”
- Norwegian: “Sørstatene”
- Panjabi: “ਸੋਉਥੇਰਨ”
- Persian: “ایالتهای جنوبی آمریکا”
- Persian: “جنوب ایالات متحده آمریکا”
- Persian: “جنوب”
- Piemontese: “South”
- Portuguese: “Região Sul”
- Portuguese: “Sul”
- Romanian: “Statele din Sud”
- Russian: “Юг США”
- Russian: “Юг”
- Sardinian: “Istados Unidos de Amèrica Meridionales”
- Serbian: “Југ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jug SAD”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jug Sjedinjenih Američkih Država”
- Slovak: “Juh”
- Slovenian: “ameriški Jug”
- Slovenian: “Ameriški Jug”
- Slovenian: “Dixie”
- Slovenian: “Dixieland”
- Slovenian: “Jug”
- Slovenian: “južne ZDA”
- Slovenian: “južne Združene države Amerike”
- Spanish: “Sur de Estados Unidos”
- Swedish: “Sydstaterna”
- Tamil: “தெற்கத்திய ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்கா”
- Turkish: “Güney ABD”
- Turkish: “Güney eyaletleri”
- Ukrainian: “Південь США”
- Urdu: “جنوبی ریاستہائے متحدہ”
- Vietnamese: “Nam Hoa Kỳ”
- Vlaams: “Zuydelike Verenigde Stoaten”
- Vlax Romani: “Sud-Sud Američar”
- Welsh: “De’r Unol Daleithiau”
- Western Frisian: “Suden”
- Yue Chinese: “美國南部”
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