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Place Name
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Becker County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Detroit Lakes
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Population
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27,881 (1990)
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Location
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Minnesota, United States, North America
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Latitude
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46°55'N
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Longitude
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95°40'W
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Becker
, county (
1,445 sq mi/3,743 sq km; 1990
pop. 27,881), W Minn.;  Detroit Lakes; 46°55'N 95°40'W. Agr.
area (oats, barley, wheat, hay, alfalfa, soybeans, sunflowers, sugar
beets, wild rice, beans; hogs, cattle, sheep, poultry; dairying);
timber watered by numerous lakes, including White Earth L., in N, and
Detroit L. and Cormorant L., in SW. Deposits of marl and peat. Part of
White Earth Indian Reservation in N; Tamarac Natl. Wildlife Refuge and
Hubbel Pond Wildlife Area in center; Two Inlets and Smokey Hills state
forests in E; part of White Earth State Forest in NE; small part of
Itasca State Park in NE. Co. formed 1858.
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