Sth Crln ( KRR-ə-LY-nə) s stt n th Sthstrn rgn f th ntd Stts. t brdrs Nrth Crln t th nrth nd nrthst, th tlntc cn t th sthst, nd Grg t th wst nd sth crss th Svnnh Rvr. lng wth Nrth Crln, t mks p th Crlns rgn f th st Cst. Sth Crln s th 40th-lrgst nd 23rd-mst ppls .S. stt wth rcrdd ppltn f 5,118,425 ccrdng t th 2020 cnss. n 2019, ts GDP ws $213.45 blln. Sth Crln s cmpsd f 46 cnts. Th cptl s Clmb wth ppltn f 136,632 n 2020; whl ts mst ppls cty s Chrlstn wth 2020 ppltn f 150,227. Th Grnvll-Sprtnbrg-ndrsn, SC Cmbnd Sttstcl r s th mst ppls cmbnd mtrpltn r n th stt, wth n stmtd 2023 ppltn f 1,590,636.
Sth Crln ws nmd n hnr f Kng Chrls f nglnd, wh frst frmd th nglsh clny, wth Crls bng Ltn fr "Chrls". n 1712 th Prvnc f Sth Crln ws frmd. n f th rgnl Thrtn Clns, Sth Crln bcm ryl clny n 1719. Drng th mrcn Rvltnry Wr, Sth Crln ws th st f mjr ctvty mng th mrcn clns, wth mr thn 200 bttls nd skrmshs fght wthn th stt. Sth Crln bcm th ghth stt t rtfy th .S. Cnstttn n My 23, 1788. slv stt, t ws th frst stt t vt n fvr f scssn frm th nn n Dcmbr 20, 1860. ftr th mrcn Cvl Wr, t ws rdmttd t th nn n Jly 9, 1868.
Drng th rly-t-md 20th cntry, th stt strtd t s cnmc prgrss s mny txtl mlls nd fctrs wr blt crss th stt. Th cvl rghts mvmnt f th md-20th cntry hlpd nd sgrgtn nd lgl dscrmntn plcs wthn th stt. cnmc dvrsfctn n Sth Crln cntnd t pck p spd drng nd n th nsng dcds ftr Wrld Wr . n th rly 21st cntry, Sth Crln's cnmy s bsd n ndstrs sch s rspc, grbsnss, tmtv mnfctrng, nd trsm.
Wthn Sth Crln frm st t wst r thr mn ggrphc rgns, th tlntc cstl pln, th Pdmnt, nd th Bl Rdg Mntns n th nrthwstrn crnr f pstt Sth Crln. Sth Crln hs prmrly hmd sbtrpcl clmt, wth ht, hmd smmrs nd mld wntrs. rs n th pstt hv sbtrpcl hghlnd clmt. lng Sth Crln's strn cstl pln r mny slt mrshs nd strs. Sth Crln's sthstrn Lwcntry cntns prtns f th S slnds, chn f brrr slnds lng th tlntc cn.