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Place Name
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Auburn
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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33,102 (1990)
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Location
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King County, Washington (WA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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47°18'N
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Longitude
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122°13'W
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Auburn
, city (1990 pop. 33,102), King co., W Wash., suburb
22 mi/35 km S of Seattle, and
10 mi/16 km ENE of Tacoma, on the Green (NE)
and White (S) rivers; 47°18'N 122°13'W. It is a RR center and farm
trade center. Large aircraft industry; site of a Federal Aviation
Administration air traffic control center (est. 1962).
Strawberries, vegetables; dairying; poultry, cattle; mfg. (lumber,
dairy prods., aircraft parts, sheet metal prods., plastic prods.,
machinery and machinery parts, bldg. materials, furniture, wood prods.,
machinery parts; metal stamping). Large General Services Administration
Center and Green River Community Col. here. Seattle Internatl. Raceway
to NE. Kanaskat-Palmer and Nolte state parks to E; L. Tapps reservoir
to S; Muckelshoot Indian Reservation to SE. Auburn Municipal Airport to
N. Settled 1855, inc. 1914.
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