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Place Name
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Barnstable County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Barnstable
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Population
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186,605 (1990)
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Location
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Massachusetts, United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°43'N
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Longitude
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70°15'W
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Barnstable
, county (
1,305 sq mi/3,380 sq km; 1990
pop. 186,605), SE Mass., coextensive with Cape Cod;  Barnstable;
41°43'N 70°15'W. Co. airport in Hyannis. Summer resort area with
many fine beaches; its small winter pop. is swelled by a great influx
of summer visitors and residents. Plastic prods., concrete prods.,
machinery, navigation equip. Some agr., mostly in S; large quantities
of cranberries are grown. Some fishing, particularly at Provincetown.
In early 19th cent. a shipbuilding, shipping, and whaling center.
Business center, Hyannis. Formed 1685.
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