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Place Name
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Auglaize County
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Pronunciation
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o-GLAIZ
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Wapakoneta
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Population
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44,585 (1990)
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Location
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Ohio, United States, North America
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Latitude
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40°33'N
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Longitude
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84°15'W
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Auglaize
(o-GLAIZ), county (
400 sq mi/1,036 sq km; 1990 pop.
44,585), W Ohio;  Wapakoneta; 40°33'N 84°15'W. Drained by
Auglaize and St. Marys rivers; part of Grand L. is in W. In the Till
Plains physiographic region. Agr. area (livestock, poultry; corn,
soybeans, wheat; dairying); mfg. at St. Marys, Wapakoneta, Minster, New
Bremen (mechanical rubber goods, plastics, fabricated metal prods.,
machinery, consumer goods). Sand, gravel, and clay pits; hunting,
fishing. Formed 1848.
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