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Place Name
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Albemarle
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Pronunciation
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AL-buh-mahrl
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Stanly County
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Population
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14,939 (1990)
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Location
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Stanly County, North Carolina (NC), United States, North America
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Latitude
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35°21'N
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Longitude
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80°11'W
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Albemarle
(AL-buh-mahrl), city (
14 sq mi/36 sq km; 1990 pop.
14,939),  Stanly co., central N.C., in the Piedmont region;
35°21'N 80°11'W. RR junction. A marketing center in an agr. area
(cotton, grain, soybeans; poultry, livestock). Mfg. (apparel, mobile
homes, electrical equip., textiles, building materials, automobile
components, printing and publishing). Pfeiffer Col. is to NW
at Misenheimer. L. Tillery reservoir to E, Badin L. reservoir to NE,
both on Yadkin R. Morrow Mt. State Park to E, on L. Tillery. Inc.
1857.
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