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Place Name
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Bastrop
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Pronunciation
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BAS-truhp
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Morehouse parish
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Population
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14,702 (1994)
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Location
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Morehouse parish, Louisiana (LA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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32°46'N
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Longitude
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91°55'W
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Bastrop
(BAS-truhp), city (1994 pop. 14,702),  Morehouse
parish, NE La., 18 mi/29 km NNE of Monroe,
near Bayou Bartholomew; 32°46'N 91°55'W. RR junction. An industrial
city in a cattle, cotton, rice, and timber area. Bastrop is the center
of the huge Monroe natural gas field (discovered 1916). Mfg. includes
wood prods., insecticides, apparel, farm equip., paper, aluminum
sulfate; printing and publishing; meat packing. Ga. Pacific State
Wildlife Area to NW, Chemin-A-Haut State Park to N, Handy Brake Natl.
Wildlife Refuge to NE. Founded c.1845.
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