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Sioux Falls (/ ˌsuː ˈfɔːlz / SOO FALZ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 121st-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County [10] and also extends into northern Lincoln County to the south, which continues up to the Iowa state line. The population was 192,517 at the ...
The Sioux Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties in South Dakota and one county in Minnesota, anchored by the city of Sioux Falls. The metro area is referred to locally as the Sioux Empire. Despite the name, it is considered a part of the larger area known as ...
The Big Sioux is South Dakota's most populated river basin. Agriculture is the primary use of land along most of the river's course. To comply with the Clean Water Act, the state monitors water quality of its rivers. Most of the Big Sioux north of Sioux Falls was scored well in 2012.
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 ...
Minnehaha County is a county on the eastern border of the state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 197,214, [ 1 ] making it the state's most populous county. It contains over 20% of the state's population. Its county seat is Sioux Falls, [ 2 ] South Dakota's most populous city. The county was created in 1862 and ...
The falls of the Big Sioux River in Falls Park, Sioux Falls, frozen over in winter. South Dakota has a continental climate, semi-arid in the west outside of the Black Hills, with four distinct seasons, ranging from very cold winters to hot summers. During the summers, the average high temperature throughout the state is often close to 90 °F or ...
Sioux Falls Regional Airport (IATA: FSD, ICAO: KFSD, FAA LID: FSD), [3] also known as Joe Foss Field, [2] is a public and military use airport three miles northwest of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. [2] It is named in honor of aviator and Sioux Falls native Joe Foss, who later served as the 20th Governor of South Dakota (1955–1959 ...
Sanford Health. Sanford Health is a nonprofit, integrated health care delivery system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with additional offices in Fargo and Bismarck, North Dakota, and Bemidji, Minnesota. Sanford manages multiple ground ambulance services across North Dakota , Minnesota and South Dakota with both fixed wing and ...