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Place Name
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Acadia
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Pronunciation
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uh-KAI-dee-uh
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Place Status (Type)
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parish
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Capital is
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Crowley
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Population
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55,882 (1990)
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Location
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Louisiana, United States, North America
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Latitude
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30°13'N
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Longitude
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92°23'W
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Acadia
(uh-KAI-dee-uh), parish (
662 sq mi/1,715 sq km; 1990 pop.
55,882), S La.;  Crowley; 30°13'N 92°23'W. Bounded W by
Bayou Nezpique and Mermentau R., S by Bayou Queue de Tortue; drained by
Bayou des Cannes. Mfg. (cotton ginning, rice milling, textiles, pipe
fittings, sporting goods, lumber); logging; agr. (rice, corn, wheat,
soybeans, vegetables, sweet potatoes; cattle, horses, poultry);
aquaculture; oil and natural gas wells. The Blue Rose Mus. and Heritage
Farm Village located here. Formed 1805.
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