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	Middleton Place Plantation's graciously landscaped gardens are the oldest in America and among the most distinguished. The garden terraces, ponds, vistas and footpaths continue to enchant visitors as they have since 1741. Photograph by B Anthony Stewart

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	Area 82,932 square kilometers (32,020 square miles) Population 4,147,152 Capital Columbia; 117,394	Per Capita Income U.S. $25,395 Date Statehood Achieved May 23, 1788

South Carolina Features

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