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History of Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls (IPA: [su fɑlz]) is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota, and the county seat of Minnehaha County, South Dakota|Minnehaha County.{{GR|6}} The 2007 city population, according to the city planning office, is 148,000. Sioux Falls ranks as the 167th largest U.S. city by population. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_cities_by_population] Sioux Falls is the primary city of a metropolitan area of 223,000. Chartered in 1856 on the banks of the Big Sioux River, the city is situated on the prairie of the Great Plains at the junction of I-90 and I-29. Sioux Falls is a regional center of urban and rural interaction.


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