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Place Name
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Abbeville
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Abbeville County
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Population
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5,778 (1990)
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Location
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Abbeville County, South Carolina (SC), United States, North America
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Latitude
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34°10'N
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Longitude
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82°22'W
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Abbeville
, city (1990 pop.
5,778),  Abbeville co., NW S.C.,
13 mi/21 km W of Greenwood, in Piedmont
region; 34°10'N 82°22'W. Mfg. (apparel, metal prods., plastic).
Agr. includes poultry, livestock, dairying; grains, soybeans.
Secessionist meeting held here Nov. 1860. Referred to as “The
Birthplace of the Confederacy.” Also site of Jefferson
Davis' last cabinet meeting in 1865.
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