South
The U.S. South has long had its own identity. Historically agrarian, it's known for maintaining traditional values, down-home hospitality, and a slower pace of life than other parts of the United States.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
New Orleans
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Way down yonder in New Orleans, you'll find the roots of jazz and a blossoming culture that is unlike anything else on Earth.
Atlanta
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Atlanta is the vanguard of the New South, with the charm and elegance of the Old.
Charlotte
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Charlotte is an ambitious and rapidly growing city in the southern part of the Piedmont of North Carolina.
Destinations
North Carolina
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North Carolina is a quintessentially Southern state in the United States of America offering visitors endless variety with three distinct regions.
Georgia
Georgia is a U.S. state in the South. The state was named after Great Britain's King George II and was the last of the 13 original U.S. colonies.Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia is a state in the South of the United States of America with 8½ million inhabitants.Louisiana
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Louisiana is a state in the South of the United States of America that is known for its culture that dominates in the New Orleans part of the state.
Kentucky
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Kentucky is a southern state of the United States; its state capital is Frankfort.
Tennessee
Tennessee is a US state in the South known for its rich history, music, and the Appalachian Mountains along its eastern border.Mississippi
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Mississippi, in the American South, is often overlooked by travelers, yet those who seek out the many things the state has to offer will not regret it.
South Carolina
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South Carolina is a state in the United States of America and is part of the American South.
West Virginia
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West Virginia is a state in the southeastern region of the United States of America.
South
- Type: Region with 115,000,000 residents
- Description: cultural region in the southeastern and south-central United States
- Neighbors: Mid-Atlantic
- Categories: cultural area, United States census region and U.S. region
- Location: United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
33.4588° or 33° 27' 32" northLongitude of centre
-90.1508° or 90° 9' 3" westPopulation
115,000,000Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)GeoNames ID
11887752Wikidata ID
Q49042South Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Suidelike Verenigde State
- Arabic: جنوب الولايات المتحدة
- Armenian: ԱՄՆ հարավ
- Asturian: Sur d'Estaos Xuníos
- Azerbaijani: Cənubi ABŞ
- Basque: Hegoaldeko Estatu Batuak
- Belarusian: Вікіпедыя:Праект:Вікітыдзень/Поўдзень ЗША
- Belarusian: Поўдзень ЗША
- Bulgarian: Юг
- Catalan: Sud dels Estats Units
- Central Kurdish: باشووری ویلایەتە یەکگرتووەکان
- Chinese: 美国南部
- Chinese: 美國南部
- Cornish: Statys Unys Soth
- Croatian: Jug SAD-a
- Czech: Jih Spojených států amerických
- Danish: Sydstaterne
- Dutch: Zuidelijke Verenigde Staten
- English: American South
- English: Dixie
- English: Dixie Land
- English: Dixieland
- English: Region 3: South
- English: Southern States
- English: Southern U.S.
- English: Southern United States
- English: U.S. Census Bureau region 3
- English: U.S. South
- English: U.S. census region 3
- English: US Census Bureau region 3
- English: US South
- English: US census region 3
- English: United States Census Bureau region 3
- English: United States census region 3
- English: southern states of the U.S.
- English: southern states of the US
- English: southern states of the United States
- English: the South
- Esperanto: Sudaj ŝtatoj de Usono
- Finnish: Etelä-Yhdysvallat
- French: Sud des États-Unis
- Galician: Rexión Sur
- German: Amerikanischer Süden
- German: Südstaat
- German: Südstaaten
- German: Südstaaten der USA
- Greek: Αμερικανικός Νότος
- Greek: Νότιες Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες
- Hebrew: דרום ארצות הברית
- Hungarian: Dél-Egyesült Államok
- Indonesian: Amerika Serikat Selatan
- Indonesian: Dixie Land
- Indonesian: Dixieland
- Indonesian: Selatan AS
- Indonesian: negara bagian selatan
- Irish: Deisceart na Stáit Aontaithe
- Italian: Stati Uniti d'America meridionali
- Japanese: アメリカ合衆国南部
- Japanese: 南部
- Korean: 미국 남부
- Latin: Civitates Foederatae Meridianae
- Latin: Civitates Foederatae Meridionales
- Latvian: ASV dienvidi
- Macedonian: Југ
- Malay: Selatan Amerika Syarikat
- Northern Frisian: Süüdstooten
- Norwegian: Sørstatene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sørstatene
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Sørstatane
- Panjabi: ਸੋਉਥੇਰਨ
- Persian: ایالتهای جنوبی آمریکا
- Persian: جنوب
- Portuguese: Região Sul
- Portuguese: Sul
- Romanian: Statele din Sud
- Russian: Юг
- Russian: Юг США
- Sardinian: Istados Unidos de Amèrica Meridionales
- Serbian: Југ
- Serbo-Croatian: Jug
- Serbo-Croatian: Jug SAD
- Slovak: Juh
- Slovenian: Ameriški Jug
- Slovenian: Dixie
- Slovenian: Dixieland
- Slovenian: Jug
- Slovenian: ameriški Jug
- Slovenian: južne ZDA
- Slovenian: južne Združene države Amerike
- Spanish: Sur de Estados Unidos
- Swedish: Sydstaterna
- Tamil: தெற்கத்திய ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்கா
- Turkish: Güney ABD
- Turkish: Güney eyaletleri
- Ukrainian: Південь США
- Urdu: جنوبی ریاستہائے متحدہ
- Vietnamese: Nam Hoa Kỳ
- Vlax Romani: Sud-Sud Američar
- Welsh: De'r Unol Daleithiau
- Western Frisian: Suden
- Yue Chinese: 美國南部
- Etelä
- Stati Uniti meridionali
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page South. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.