Charleston, Sooth Carolina

Charleston is the auldest an seicont-lairgest ceety in the U.S. state o Sooth Carolina, the coonty seat o Charleston Coonty, an the principal ceety in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The ceety lees juist sooth o the geografical midpoint o Sooth Carolina's coastline an is locatit on Charleston Harbor, an inlet o the Atlantic Ocean shapit bi the confluence o the Ashley an Cooper Rivers, or, as is locally expressed, "whaur the Cooper an Ashley Rivers come thegither tae shape the Atlantic Ocean." Sister ceeties Charleston haes ane offeecial sister ceety, Spoleto, Umbrie, Italy. Charleston is twinned wi Speightstown, St. Peter, Barbados an aw. The original parts of Charlestown were based on the plans of Barbados's capital city Bridgetown. Many indigo, tobacco, and cotton planters relocated their slaves and plantation operations from Speightstown to Charleston after the sugarcane industry came to dominate agricultural production in Barbados. References FReemit airtins City of Charleston offeecial wabsteid Charleston Tourism Guide