Columbia, South Carolina (usa)

Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina ranks 508th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Novosibirsk, Iași, and Monterrey. Memorable people born in Columbia, South Carolina include Charles Bolden, Stanley Donen, and Ann Savage. Memorable people who died in Columbia, South Carolina include Mae Young, James F. Byrnes, and Wade Hampton III. Columbia, South Carolina has been the birth place of many actors, and basketball players and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Columbia, South Carolina is located in United States.

Columbia is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is the second-most populous city in the state, with a population of 136,632 at the 2020 census, while the Columbia metropolitan area has an estimated 870,000 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County and Kershaw County. The name "Columbia", a poetic term referring to the U.S., derives from the name of Christopher Columbus, who explored the Caribbean on behalf of the Spanish Empire. The name of the city is often abbreviated as "Cola", leading to its nickname "Soda City". Read more on Wikipedia