Portal:South Carolina/Intro

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South Carolina is one of the 50 states in the United States, is one of the original 13 Colonies, and is located in the Southeast on the East Coast. The capital is Columbia. It is composed of four geographic areas. The lower part of the state is the Coastal Plain, also known as the Lowcountry. The Sandhills region is just west of the coastal plain. The rolling hills of the Piedmont make up the third region. And the fourth is the Upstate region which contains the Blue Ridge Mountains.