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Place Name
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Assumption
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Pronunciation
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uh-SUMP-shun
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Place Status (Type)
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parish
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Capital is
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Napoleonville
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Population
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22,753 (1990)
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Location
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Louisiana, United States, North America
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Latitude
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29°57'N
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Longitude
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91°02'W
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Assumption
(uh-SUMP-shun), parish (
357 sq mi/925 sq km; 1990 pop.
22,753), SE La.;  Napoleonville; 29°57'N 91°02'W. Bounded W
partly by Belle R.; intersected by Bayou Lafourche (navigable). Agr.
(sugarcane, rice, corn, home gardens; cattle, horses); crawfish, crabs;
sugar milling. Includes L. Verret in W (recreation). Has Madewood
antebellum mansion, 1820. Formed 1807.
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