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South Carolina is a state in the . 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.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Columbia and Charleston.

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is the capital city and second largest city in South Carolina. It is home to the main campus of the University of South Carolina, and to the Army's Fort Jackson.

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is the largest and oldest city in the state of South Carolina in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands.

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has been described as for adults. It is the county seat and largest city of County, South Carolina, .

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, also known as The Upstate, consists of the northwestern corner of the state.

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is a region in South Carolina.

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is a region of South Carolina consisting of a 12-mile stretch of subtropical beaches and coastal towns.

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As defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only, the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, is an area consisting of six counties in central South Carolina, anchored by the city of .

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is a region in South Carolina south of , a major southeastern United States city. The counties of Lancaster and York are also considered to be a part of the .

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also referred to as the Low Country is a region in the far southern corner of South Carolina known for its large area of barrier sea islands and marshes.

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Ninety-Six District is a former judicial district in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It existed as a district from July 29, 1769 to December 31, 1799. The court house and jail for Ninety-Six District were in .

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is a tourism district in the south central area of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It surrounds the Santee Cooper Lakes, and , which were formed from damming the and the .

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The Pee Dee is a region in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It lies along the lower watershed of the Pee Dee River, which was named after the Pee Dee, an Indigenous tribe historically inhabiting the region.

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is a region in South Carolina.

South Carolina

Latitude of center
33.6874° or 33° 41′ 15″ north
Longitude of center
-80.4364° or 80° 26′ 11″ west
Population
4,830,000
Elevation
302 feet (92 metres)
Abbreviation
“SC”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316990225
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
4597040
Wiki­data ID
Q1456
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zhuang—“South Carolina” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Suid-Carolina”
  • Albanian: “Karolina e Jugut”
  • Albanian: “South Carolina”
  • Amharic: “ሳውዝ ካሮላይና”
  • Arabic: “SC”
  • Arabic: “كارولاينا الجنوبية”
  • Arabic: “كارولينا الجنوبية”
  • Arabic: “كرولينة الجنوبية”
  • Aragonese: “Carolina d’o Sud”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Կարոլինա”
  • Asturian: “Carolina del Sur”
  • Aymara: “South Carolina suyu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Karolina”
  • Balinese: “Carolina Kelod”
  • Basque: “Hego Carolina”
  • Bavarian: “Sid-Karolina”
  • Bavarian: “Siid-Karolina”
  • Bavarian: “Siidkarolina”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвая Караліна”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ ক্যারোলাইনা”
  • Bengali: “সাউথ ক্যারোলাইনা”
  • Bhojpuri: “साउथ कैरोलिना”
  • Bishnupriya: “সাউথ ক্যারোলাইনা”
  • Bislama: “Saut Carolina”
  • Bosnian: “Južna Karolina”
  • Breton: “South Carolina”
  • Breton: “Su Karolina”
  • Bulgarian: “Южна Каролина”
  • Burmese: “တောင်ကယ်ရိုလိုင်းနားပြည်နယ်”
  • Cajun French: “Caroline du Sud”
  • Catalan: “Carolina del Sud”
  • Cebuano: “South Carolina”
  • Central Bikol: “South Carolina”
  • Central Kurdish: “کارۆلینای باشوور”
  • Chavacano: “South Carolina”
  • Chechen: “Къилба Каролина”
  • Cherokee: “ᏐᎦᎴᏂ”
  • Chinese: “South Carolina”
  • Chinese: “南卡罗来纳州”
  • Chinese: “南卡罗莱纳”
  • Chinese: “南卡羅來納州”
  • Chinese: “南卡羅萊納”
  • Chinese: “南卡羅萊納州”
  • Chuvash: “Кăнтăр Каролина”
  • Cornish: “Karolina Dheghow”
  • Corsican: “Carolina di u Sudu”
  • Corsican: “Carulina di u Sudu”
  • Corsican: “Statu di a Carolina di u Sudu”
  • Corsican: “Statu di a Carulina di u Sudu”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Cenübiy Karolina”
  • Croatian: “Južna Karolina”
  • Czech: “Jižní Karolína”
  • Dagbani: “South Carolina”
  • Danish: “South Carolina”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Karolinay Veroci”
  • Dimli (individual language): “South Carolina”
  • Dutch: “SC”
  • Dutch: “South Carolina”
  • Eastern Mari: “Кечывалвел Каролина”
  • Eastern Mari: “Кечывалвел Каролине”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ساوث كارولاينا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كارولاينا الجنوبيه”
  • Esperanto: “SC”
  • Esperanto: “South Carolina”
  • Esperanto: “Sud-Karolino”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Karolino”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Carolina”
  • Ewe: “South Carolina”
  • Faroese: “South Carolina”
  • Fiji Hindi: “South Carolina”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Carolina”
  • Finnish: “South Carolina”
  • French: “Caroline du Sud”
  • French: “État de Caroline du Sud”
  • French: “État de la Caroline du Sud”
  • French: “South Carolina”
  • Gagauz: “Üülen Karolina”
  • Galician: “Carolina do Sur”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი კაროლინა”
  • German: “South Carolina”
  • German: “Staat Süd-Karolina”
  • German: “Staat Südkarolina”
  • German: “Süd-Carolina”
  • German: “Süd-Karolina”
  • German: “Südkarolina”
  • Gilaki: “نسايي کارؤلينا”
  • Gilaki: “نسایی کارؤلینا”
  • Gothic: “𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍂𐌰 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌾𐌽𐌰”
  • Greek: “Νότια Καρολίνα”
  • Guarani: “Yvy Karolina”
  • Gujarati: “સાઉથ કેરોલિના”
  • Haitian: “Karolin disid”
  • Hakka Chinese: “South Carolina”
  • Hausa: “South Carolina”
  • Hawaiian: “Kalolaina Hema”
  • Hebrew: “קרוליינה הדרומית”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिणी केरोलाइना”
  • Hindi: “साउथ कैरोलीना”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Karolina”
  • Icelandic: “South Carolina”
  • Icelandic: “Suður-Karólína”
  • Ido: “Suda-Karolina”
  • Ido: “Sudal Karolina”
  • Igbo: “Nleda anyanwu Kàròlina”
  • Iloko: “South Carolina”
  • Inari Sami: “Maadâ-Carolina”
  • Indonesian: “Carolina Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “South Carolina”
  • Interlingua: “Carolina del Sud”
  • Interlingue: “Sud-Carolina”
  • Inuktitut: “ᑳᕉᓖᓈ ᓂᒋᖅ”
  • Inupiaq: “South Carolina”
  • Irish: “An Chairilín Theas”
  • Irish: “Carolina Theas”
  • Italian: “Carolina del Sud”
  • Italian: “South Carolina”
  • Japanese: “サウスカロライナ州”
  • Japanese: “南カロライナ”
  • Japanese: “南カロライナ州”
  • Javanese: “South Carolina”
  • Kabiyè: “Karolina Hadɛ Kiŋ”
  • Kabiyè: “Karolina nɛ hadɛ”
  • Kalmyk: “Өмнә Карелайн”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕೆರೊಲಿನಾ”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Къыбыла Каролина”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Каролина”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк Каролина (штат)”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк Каролина”
  • Komering: “Karolina Hulu”
  • Korean: “사우스캐롤라이나 주”
  • Korean: “사우스캐롤라이나”
  • Korean: “사우스캐롤라이나주”
  • Kurdish: “Karolînaya Başûr”
  • Ladin: “South Carolina”
  • Ladino: “Carolina del Sur”
  • Ladino: “Karolina del Sud”
  • Latin: “Carolina Meridiana”
  • Latin: “Carolina Meridionalis”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidkarolīna”
  • Ligurian: “Carolinn-a do Sud”
  • Limburgan: “South Carolina”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Carolina Sude”
  • Literary Chinese: “南卡羅來納州”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Karolina”
  • Lombard: “Carolina del Süd”
  • Low German: “Süüd-Carolina”
  • Low German: “Zuud Karolina”
  • Low German: “Zuud-Carolina”
  • Luxembourgish: “South Carolina”
  • Macedonian: “Јужна Каролина”
  • Maithili: “साउथ क्यारोलाइना”
  • Malagasy: “Karôlina Antsimo”
  • Malay: “Carolina Selatan”
  • Malayalam: “തെക്കൻ കരൊലൈന”
  • Manipuri: “ꯈꯥ ꯊꯪꯕ ꯀꯦꯔꯣꯂꯤꯅꯥ”
  • Manx: “Carolina Yiass”
  • Manx: “Jiass Carolina”
  • Manx: “SC”
  • Manx: “South Carolina”
  • Manx: “Steat Carolina Yiass”
  • Manx: “US-SC”
  • Maori: “Karorena-ki-te-tonga”
  • Maori: “South Carolina”
  • Marathi: “साउथ कॅरोलिना”
  • Mazanderani: “جنوبی کارولینا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “South Carolina”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “South Carolina”
  • Mingrelian: “ობჟათე კაროლინა”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнөд Каролина”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كارولينا لجنوبية”
  • Nauru: “South Carolina”
  • Navajo: “Atʼaʼ Yiltʼąąʼí Yázhí Hahoodzo”
  • Nepali: “साउथ क्यारोलाइना”
  • Newari: “दक्षिण क्यारोलिना”
  • Newari: “साउथ क्यारोलाइना”
  • Northern Frisian: “South Carolina”
  • Northern Luri: “کارولینا هارگه”
  • Northern Sami: “Lulli-Carolina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “S.C.”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “SC”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Carolina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “South Carolina”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sør-Carolina”
  • Norwegian: “Sør-Carolina”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Carolina del Sud”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sūðcaroland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sūþ Carolīna”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sūþ Ċearlland”
  • Ossetian: “Хуссар Каролинæ”
  • Pali: “दक्षिण क्यारोलिना”
  • Pampanga: “Mauling Carolina”
  • Pampanga: “South Carolina”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ ਕੈਰੋਲੀਨਾ”
  • Papiamento: “South Carolina”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Sudd-Carolina”
  • Persian: “کارولینای جنوبی”
  • Picard: “Caroline du Sud”
  • Piemontese: “Carolin-a dël Sud”
  • Polish: “Karolina Południowa”
  • Portuguese: “Carolina do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Estado da Carolina do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “S.C.”
  • Portuguese: “SC”
  • Portuguese: “South Carolina”
  • Pushto: “سویلي کارولینا”
  • Quechua: “South Carolina suyu”
  • Romanian: “Carolina de Sud”
  • Romansh: “South Carolina”
  • Russia Buriat: “Урда Каролина”
  • Russian: “Южная Каролина”
  • Samoan: “Karolaina i Saute”
  • Samogitian: “Pėitū Karolėna”
  • Sanskrit: “साउथ केरोलैना”
  • Sardinian: “Carolina de Sud”
  • Saterfriesisch: “South Carolina”
  • Scots: “Sooth Carolina”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Carolina a Deas”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “South Carolina”
  • Serbian: “Јужна Каролина”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južna Karolina”
  • Sicilian: “Carolina dû Sud”
  • Silesian: “Połedńowo Karolina”
  • Sindhi: “ڏکڻ ڪيرولينا”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු කැරොලිනා”
  • Skolt Sami: “Saujj-Carolina”
  • Slovak: “Južná Karolína”
  • Slovenian: “Južna Karolina”
  • Somali: “Koonfur Karolina”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جنوب کارولینا ایالتی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جنوبی کارولینا”
  • Spanish: “Carolina del Sur, Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Carolina del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Carolina del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Palmetto”
  • Spanish: “South Carolina”
  • Swahili: “Carolina Kusini”
  • Swahili: “South Carolina”
  • Swedish: “SC”
  • Swedish: “South Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Sydcarolina”
  • Tagalog: “Timog Carolina”
  • Tajik: “Каролинаи Ҷанубӣ”
  • Talysh: “Nyso Karolina”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு கரோலினா”
  • Tamil: “தென் கரொலைனா”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Каролина”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ కరొలినా”
  • Thai: “รัฐเซาท์แคโรไลนา”
  • Tibetan: “ཁ་རོ་ལི་ན་ལྷོ་ཕྱོགས།”
  • Tumbuka: “South Carolina”
  • Turkish: “Güney Karolina eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Güney Karolina, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri”
  • Turkish: “Güney Karolina”
  • Turkish: “S. C.”
  • Turkish: “S. Car.”
  • Turkish: “S.C.”
  • Turkish: “SC”
  • Turkish: “State of South Karolina”
  • Turkish: “US-SC”
  • Uighur: “Jenubiy Karolina Shitati”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна Кароліна”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی کیرولائنا”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی کیرولینا”
  • Uzbek: “Janubiy Karolina”
  • Venetian: “Carolina del Sud”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “South Carolina”
  • Vlaams: “South Carolina”
  • Vlax Romani: “South Carolina”
  • Volapük: “South Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “South Carolina”
  • Welsh: “De Carolina”
  • Western Frisian: “Súd Karolina”
  • Western Frisian: “Súd-Karolina”
  • Western Mari: “Кечӹвӓлвел Каролина”
  • Western Panjabi: “جنوبی کیرولائنا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ساؤتھ کیرولائنا”
  • Wu Chinese: “南卡洛琳娜州”
  • Wu Chinese: “南卡罗来纳州”
  • Yakut: “Соҕуруу Каролина”
  • Yiddish: “דרום קאראליינע”
  • Yoruba: “Gúúsù Carolina”
  • Yoruba: “South Carolina”
  • Yue Chinese: “南卡羅萊納州”
  • Zeeuws: “South Carolina”
  • Zhuang: “Carolina Baihnamz”
  • “Carulìna dal Sud”
  • “ma Sakawolana”
  • “ma Sakewalana”
  • “Pėitū Karolėna”
  • “Tsintlan Carolina”
  • “Tsintlan Carolina Tlahtohkayotl”
  • “Tsintlan Carolina Tlatilantli”
  • “साउथ कैरोलिना”

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