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South Carolina

state of the United States of America
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Summary

South Carolina is an U.S. state[1]. It draws 22,135 Wikipedia views per month (u s state category, ranking #38 of 49).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: United States[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5]
  • Head of government: Henry McMaster[6]
  • Continent: North America[7]
  • Capital: Columbia[8]
  • Official language: English[9]
  • Shares border with: North Carolina[10], Georgia[11]
  • Anthem: Carolina[12], South Carolina on My Mind[13]
  • Named after: south[14], Province of Carolina[15]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Abbeville County[16], Aiken County[17], Allendale County[18], Anderson County[19], Bamberg County[20], Barnwell County[21], Beaufort County[22], Berkeley County[23], Calhoun County[24], Charleston County[25], Cherokee County[26], Chester County[27], Chesterfield County[28], Clarendon County[29]
  • Flag: flag of South Carolina[30]
  • Legislative body: South Carolina General Assembly[31]
  • Executive body: Government of South Carolina[32]
  • Highest judicial authority: South Carolina Supreme Court[33]
  • Part of: contiguous United States[34], South Atlantic states[35], The Carolinas[36]
  • Commons category: South Carolina[37]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for South Carolina include USS South Carolina[38], a battleship[39].

Why It Matters

South Carolina has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for it include USS South Carolina[38], a battleship[39].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · GregMcCollum · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 121410569
    Canadiana name authority id → ncf10296575
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Bibliothèque nationale de france id: 121410569, add P268 claim: 121410569"
  2. 11w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/South_Carolina
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Locations/South_Carolina"
  3. 11w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 13937
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 13937, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167484764|SOUTH CAROLINA (#167484764)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclop"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → yEcie
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 14w ago · Putnik · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → pietu-karolina
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: pietu-karolina"
  6. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → south-carolina
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: south-carolina, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960428|south carolina (#289960428)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  7. 18w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → State of South Carolina
    Native label → South Carolina
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Official name: State of South Carolina, Copying from Native label"
  8. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image needs reharvest → —
    Image purged license → —
    Image last checked license → —
    Image unavailable reason → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 111554, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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