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Place Name
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Alger County
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Pronunciation
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AL-gur
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Munising
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Population
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8,972 (1990)
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Location
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Michigan, United States, North America
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Latitude
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47°09'N
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Longitude
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86°28'W
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Alger
(AL-gur), county (
5,044 sq mi/13,064 sq km; 1990
pop. 8,972), N Upper Peninsula, Mich.;  Munising. Bounded N by
L. Superior; 47°09'N 86°28'W. Drained by Whitefish and small
Sturgeon rivers, and by affluents of Manistique R. Includes
Grand Isl. Part of Hiawatha Natl. Forest in center of co. Dairying,
agr. (cattle, sheep; foraging); some mfg. at Munising; lumbering, paper
mills, commercial fishing. Resorts. Contains Pictured Rocks Natl.
Lakeshore in E; Wagner Falls State Park at center, Laughing Whitefish
Falls State Park in W, and small lakes. Organized 1885.
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