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Place Name
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Batavia
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Genesee County
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Population
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16,310 (1990)
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Location
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Genesee County, New York (NY), United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°00'N
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Longitude
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78°10'W
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Batavia
, city
( 5 sq mi/13 sq km; 1990
pop. 16,310),  Genesee co., W N.Y.; 43°00'N 78°10'W. Batavia
produces a variety of light mfg. It was laid out in 1801 by Joseph
Ellicott, agent for the Holland Land Co. The city was a center of the
Anti-Masonic movement in the 19th cent. Attica prison, site of the 1971
riots, is nearby. Inc. 1915.
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