Sioux Falls, South Dakota SD Hotels/Motels/Lodging

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Sioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota, and the county seat of Minnehaha County. The 2007 city population is 150,000. As of the Census Bureau's July 1, 2006 population estimates, Sioux Falls ranks as the 166th largest U.S. city 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.

Sioux Falls maintains numerous parks that are spread throughout the city. Probably the best known of these is Falls Park, established around the city's namesake waterfalls on the Big Sioux River, just north of downtown. Other notable parks include Terrace Park, McKennan Park, Sherman Park, and Yankton Trail park. A popular feature of the park system among locals is a paved 14-mile path used for biking, jogging and walking. The path follows the course of the Big Sioux River, forming a loop around central Sioux Falls.

Sioux Falls is home to Augustana College, University of Sioux Falls, Southeast Technical Institute, National American University, Colorado Technical University, the South Dakota School for the Deaf, Sioux Falls Seminary and USDSU.

Landmarks The Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science contains the Kirby Science Discover Center, as well as two performing arts centers which play host to several broadway productions and operas. The South Dakota Symphony's home also hosts dance groups as well as smaller theater and choral events.

Points of Interest: The Children's Theatre Company of Sioux Falls, Downtown Sioux Falls, The Great Plain Zoo & Delbridge Museum, Sertoma Butterfly House, Wild Water West, and Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science.

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