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Place Name
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Alpena County
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Pronunciation
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al-PEE-nuh
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Alpena. Bounded E by L. Huron
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Population
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30,605 (1990)
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Location
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Michigan, United States, North America
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Latitude
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45°02'N
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Longitude
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83°12'W
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Alpena
(al-PEE-nuh), county (
1,695 sq mi/4,390 sq km; 1990
pop. 30,605), NE Mich.;  Alpena. Bounded E by L. Huron;
45°02'N 83°12'W; drained by Thunder Bay R. and its
affluents. Dairy and farm area (cattle; beans, grain,
raspberries). Mfg. at Alpena (hardboard, concrete blocks, paper,
cement, limestone, iron foundry, printing and publishing). Limestone
quarries; timber. Year-round resort area. Includes a state forest. Long
L. in NE, large Fletcher Pond in W; Thunder Bay Underwater Preserve
(est. 1981; 288 sq mi/746 sq km;
has high density of shipwrecks); Mich. Isls. Natl. Wildlife Refuge in
SE. Organized 1857.
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