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Place Name
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Bemidji
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Pronunciation
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buh-MID-jee
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Beltrami County
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Population
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11,245 (1990)
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Location
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Beltrami County, Minnesota (MN), United States, North America
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Latitude
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47°28'N
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Longitude
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94°52'W
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Bemidji
(buh-MID-jee), city (1990 pop. 11,245), 
Beltrami co., N central Minn., 140 mi/225 km
WNW of Duluth, at S end of L. Bemidji; 47°28'N 94°52'W. Elev.
1,361 ft/415 m. Resort area; tourism is the
major industry. Also a trade and marketing center for the dairy farms
of the region; grain, sunflowers; livestock, poultry; timber; mfg.
(printing and publishing; bldg. materials, textiles, trusses,
beverages, consumer goods, lumber, wire harnesses, computer equip.,
garage doors, crating materials). On the lakeshore stands an
18-ft/5-m statue of legendary Paul Bunyan and his blue ox.
Bemidji Beltrami Airport to NW. Seat of Bemidji State Univ. Mississippi
Headwaters State Forest to W; Paul Bunyan State Forest to S; Chippewa
Natl. Forest and Leech L. Indian Reservation to E; Buena Vista Ski Area
to N; L. Itasca, in Itasca State Park, source of Mississippi R.,
24 mi/39 km to SW; L. Irving to S. Inc.
1896.
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