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Place Name
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Broward County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Fort Lauderdale
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Population
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1,255,488 (1990)
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Location
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Florida, United States, North America
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Latitude
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26°08'N
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Longitude
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80°27'W
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Broward
, county (
1,319 sq mi/3,416 sq km; 1990
pop. 1,255,488), SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast;  Fort
Lauderdale; 26°08'N 80°27'W. This is one of Fla.'s most urbanized
cos., experiencing much of its growth since 1970. Major business and
retail centers, and several large planned retirement communities.
Beaches on coastal margin lined with resorts. Port Everglades in Dania
is one of largest in SE U.S. Interior lies in the Everglades, which are
underlaid by peat deposits and here crossed by drainage canals bet. L.
Okeechobee (NW) and coast. Contains Seminole Indian reservations.
Formed 1915.
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