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Place Name
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Boca Raton
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Pronunciation
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BO-kuh ruh-TAWN
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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61,492 (1990)
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Location
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Palm Beach County, Florida (FL), United States, North America
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Latitude
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26°22'N
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Longitude
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80°06'W
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Boca Raton
(BO-kuh ruh-TAWN), city (
29 sq mi/75 sq km; 1990 pop.
61,492), extreme SE Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; 26°22'N
80°06'W. Popular resort city that experienced significant industrial
and residential (including retirement) development in the 1970s and
1980s. A major retailing industry and high-tech mfg. made it the
2d-most important urban center in Palm Beach co. after West Palm Beach.
Mfg. includes computers, plastics, electrical equip., furniture,
jewelry, paint, and hovercrafts. Fla. Atlantic Univ. and Marymount
Col.; internatl. mus. of cartoon art. Inc. 1925.
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