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Place Name
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Brooklyn Park
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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56,381 (1990)
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Location
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Hennepin County, Minnesota (MN), United States, North America
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Latitude
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45°06'N
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Longitude
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93°20'W
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Brooklyn Park
, city (1990 pop. 56,381), Hennepin co., SE Minn.,
a suburb 9 mi/14.5 km NNW of downtown
Minneapolis, on Mississippi R.; 45°06'N 93°20'W. Drained by Shingle
Creek. Brooklyn Park has been marked by significant industrial and pop.
growth. Mfg. (machinery, wood prods., bakers prods., fabricated metal
prods., tools, feeders, medical supplies, pharmaceutical prods.),
printing and publishing. Seat of North Hennepin Community Col. and
Suburban Hennepin Technical Col. Coon Rapids Dam (Regional Park) in NE,
on Mississippi R. Chartered as a city 1969.
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