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Place Name
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Arenac County
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Pronunciation
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AHR-e-nak
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Standish
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Population
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14,931 (1990)
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Location
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Michigan, United States, North America
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Latitude
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44°02'N
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Longitude
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83°45'W
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Arenac
(AHR-e-nak), county (
680 sq mi/1,761 sq km; 1990 pop.
14,931), E Mich.;  Standish. Bounded SE by Saginaw Bay;
44°02'N 83°45'W; drained by Rifle, Pine, and Au Gres rivers. Dairy
prods.; cattle, hogs, poultry; agr. (potatoes, corn, sugar beets,
wheat, oats, soybeans, grain, beans, cucumbers). Metal prods.,
industrial machinery. Commercial fishing. Resorts. Arenac County
Saginaw Project Indian Reservation is on S boundary. Formed 1831.
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