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Place Name
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Anne Arundel County
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Pronunciation
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an-ah-RUN-del
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Annapolis
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Population
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427,239 (1990)
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Location
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Maryland, United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°59'N
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Longitude
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76°34'W
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Anne Arundel
(an-ah-RUN-del), county (
587 sq mi/1,520 sq km; 1990 pop.
427,239), central Md.;  Annapolis; 38°59'N 76°34'W. Bounded
E by Chesapeake Bay, N and NE by Patapsco R., W by Patuxent R. Agr.
economy includes vegetables, fruit, tobacco, poultry, livestock, dairy
prods., seafood (fish, oysters, crabs). Industry includes search and
navigational equip., and boatworks. Formed in 1650, it was named for
the wife of Cecil Baltimore, the 2d Lord Baltimore. Chesapeake shores
have many small resorts, especially in vicinity of Magothy, Severn,
South rivers (tidal estuaries). Also recreational parks and beaches
include Sandy Point State Park, Riviera Beach, Beverly Beach. U.S.
Naval Research and Development Center here. In N are residential
suburbs of Baltimore. Includes U.S. Naval Acad. at Annapolis, Fort
George G. Meade (in W;c. 13,000 acres/5,261 ha; permanent
Army post, est. 1917), Baltimore-Wash. Parkway, the
4.3 mi/6.9 km long Chesapeake Bay Bridge
connecting Anne Arundel with the E shore of Md., Baltimore-Wash.
Internatl. (B.W.I.) Airport, London Town Publik House and Gardens,
William Paca House, St. John's Col., Victualling Warehouse Maritime
Museum.
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