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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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Bristol
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Population
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48,859 (1990)
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Location
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Rhode Island, United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°42'N
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Longitude
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71°17'W
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Bristol
, county
( 44 sq mi/114 sq km; 1990
pop. 48,859), E R.I., bounded by Narragansett Bay (SW), Mass. state
line (NE), and Mt. Hope Bay (SE);  Bristol; 41°42'N 71°17'W.
Resorts; fishing; mfg. (textiles, plastic goods, food prods.,
machinery); shipbuilding and boatbuilding; agr. (dairy prods.; poultry;
vegetables). Drained by Barrington, Warren, and Kickamuit rivers. Inc.
1747.
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