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Place Name
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Aiken County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Aiken
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Population
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120,940 (1990)
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Location
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South Carolina, United States, North America
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Latitude
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33°32'N
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Longitude
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81°38'W
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Aiken
, county (
1,080 sq mi/2,797 sq km; 1990
pop. 120,940), SW S.C.;  Aiken; 33°32'N 81°38'W. At edge of
Piedmont region, in Sand Hills belt; bounded SW by Savannah R., NE by
North Fork of Edisto R.; drained by South Fork of the Edisto. Agr.
includes chickens, eggs, hogs, cattle; corn, wheat, rye, oats,
soybeans, sorghum, hay, cotton, peaches. Number of cotton-milling
towns; kaolin deposits in W. Noted resort area around Aiken. Part of
U.S. Dept. of Energy Savannah R. Nuclear Facility is in S. Formed
1871.
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