South Carolina Information
South Carolina is a U.S. state that borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province
of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence
from the British Crown during the American Revolution. The colony was
originally named in honor of King Charles I, as Carolus is Latin for Charles.
South Carolina was the first state to vote to secede from the Union and was
a founding state of the Confederate States of America. According to an
estimate by the United States Census Bureau, the state's population in 2008
was 4,479,800 and ranked 24th among the U.S. states. South Carolina
contains 46 counties and its capital is Columbia.
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