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Place Name
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Beauregard
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Pronunciation
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BO-ri-gahrd
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Place Status (Type)
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parish
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Capital is
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De Ridder
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Population
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30,083 (1990)
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Location
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Louisiana, United States, North America
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Latitude
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30°51'N
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Longitude
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93°17'W
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Beauregard
(BO-ri-gahrd), parish (
1,184 sq mi/3,067 sq km; 1990
pop. 30,083), W La.;  De Ridder; 30°51'N 93°17'W. Bounded W
by Sabine R., here forming Texas line, drained by Bear Head, Bundick,
and Whisky Chitto rivers. Diversified lumber and agr. area
(blueberries, feed grains, hay, nursery crops, rice, soybeans, squash,
watermelons; cattle, exotic fowl); dairying. Mfg. of clothing,
chemicals, plastics, resins; logging, paper mills. Sand and gravel
pits. Bundicks Fish and Game Preserve at Bundick L. in NE. Named after
Gen. Beauregard. Formed 1912.
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