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Place Name
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Beltrami County
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Pronunciation
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bel-TRA-mee
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Bemidji
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Population
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34,384 (1990)
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Location
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Clearwater County, Minnesota (MN), United States, North America
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Latitude
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48°01'N
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Longitude
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94°55'W
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Beltrami
(bel-TRA-mee), county (
3,055 sq mi/7,912 sq km; 1990
pop. 34,384), NW Minn.;  Bemidji; 48°01'N 94°55'W. Drained
by headwaters of Mississippi R. in S (source is to SW in Clearwater
co.). Agr. (oats, barley, wheat, wild rice, hay, alfalfa, sunflowers;
sheep, cattle, poultry; dairying); freshwater fish; resort area.
Includes large part of Red L. Indian Reservation; part of Leech L.
Indian Reservation in SE; L. Bemidji State Park in S; large Upper Red
and Lower Red lakes in N center; part of Chippewa Natl. Forest in SE;
Red L. State Forest in NE; Buena Vista State Forest and part of
Mississippi Headwaters State Forest in S; parts of Beltrami Isl. State
Forest and Red L. Wildlife Area in N. Formed 1866.
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