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is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 27,921 at the 2000 census.
For geographic and demographic information on the villages of Kingston, Wakefield, and Peacedale, which are part of South Kingstown, please see the articles Kingston and Wakefield-Peacedale. The site of the deadly Great Swamp Fight during King Phillip's War in 1675 is located in South Kingstown.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 79.8 square miles (206.6 km²), of which, 57.1 square miles (147.9 km²) of it is land and 22.7 square miles (58.7 km²) of it (28.43%) is water.
There are several villages within the town, most notably: Wakefield, Peace Dale, Kingston, West Kingston.