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Place Name
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Benzie County
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Pronunciation
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BEN-zee
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Beulah
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Population
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12,200 (1990)
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Location
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Michigan, United States, North America
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Latitude
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44°37'N
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Longitude
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86°15'W
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Benzie
(BEN-zee), county (
859 sq mi/2,225 sq km; 1990 pop.
12,200), NW Mich., on L. Michigan (W);  Beulah; 44°37'N
86°15'W. Drained by Betsie R. and small Platte R. Agr. (fruit [esp.
apples], cherries, grapes, plums; also forage crops). Resorts.
Includes the larger Crystal and Platte lakes in W, and other smaller
lakes; part of Sleeping Bear Dunes Natl. Lakeshore (including the
former Benzie State Park) in NW. Organized 1869.
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