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Sioux Falls
The United States of America is a country in North America that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and shares land borders with Canada and Mexico. The United States is a federal constitutional republic, with its capital in Washington, D.C., District of Columbia.
Sioux Falls is the largest city in the state of South Dakota. The 2006 city population, according to the census bureau, is 144,900 inhabitants. Sioux Falls ranks as the 167th largest U.S. city by population. The history of Sioux Falls revolves around the cascades of the Big Sioux River. The falls were created about 14,000 years ago when the last glacial ice sheet redirected the flow of the river into the large looping bends of its present course. Fueled by water from the melting ice, the river exposed the underlying Sioux quartzite bedrock, the hard pinkish stone of the falls. The quartzite itself is about a billion and a half years old. It began as sediments deposited on the bottom of an ancient, shallow sea.
Sioux Falls is located at the United States Census Bureau, as of 2000, the city had a total area of 145.9 square kilometers. The 145.9 square kilometers of it is land and 0.1 square kilometers of it is water. The total area is 0.04 percent water. According to the 2000 census, there were 123,975 people, 49,731 households, and 30,783 families residing in the city. Currently the city is home to 144,900 persons with 66,778 households, and 44,242 families. The population density is 849.9 per square kilometers. There are 51,680 housing units at an average density of 354.3 per square kilometers.
Sioux Falls experiences a boom with day tourists, owing to the clear air, town character with rich culture, high quality of life and conspicuously original history. The picturesque scenery, the majesty of nature, the slow pace of life, and the welcoming nature of its people also combine to make this region one of the most important tourist attractions in United States.
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