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Place Name
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Bristol County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Fall River
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Population
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506,325 (1990)
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Location
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Massachusetts, United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°48'N
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Longitude
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71°06'W
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Bristol
, county (
691 sq mi/1,790 sq km; 1990 pop.
506,325), SE Mass., on Buzzards Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; 
Fall River; 41°48'N 71°06'W. Intersected by Taunton R. Its early
activities of whaling and shipping gave way to textile milling after
mid-19th cent., with centers at Fall River, New Bedford, and Taunton.
Varied mfg.; pottery; agr. (hay; livestock, poultry; fruit,
vegetables). Resort activities on coast. Formed 1685.
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