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Place Name
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Belfast
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Waldo County
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Population
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6,355 (1990)
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Location
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Waldo County, Maine (ME), United States, North America
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Latitude
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44°25'N
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Longitude
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69°01'W
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Belfast
, city (1990 pop. 6,355),  Waldo co., S Maine;
resort on Penobscot Bay, opposite Castine,
30 mi/48 km SSE of Bangor; 44°25'N
69°01'W. Mfg. (food processing, clothing, wood prods.); financial
services; tourism. Port of entry. Shipping and shipbuilding center in
mid-19th cent. Settled 1770; sacked twice by British (1779, 1814); inc.
town 1773, city 1853.
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