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Place Name
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Calvert County
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Pronunciation
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KAL-vert
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Prince Frederick
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Population
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51,372 (1990)
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Location
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Maryland, United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°32'N
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Longitude
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76°32'W
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Calvert
(KAL-vert), county (
345 sq mi/894 sq km; 1990 pop.
51,372), S Md.; 38°32'N 76°32'W;  Prince Frederick. Narrow
tidewater peninsula bounded E by Chesapeake Bay, S and W by Patuxent
R.; drained by many small creeks. Agr. area (tobacco, grain, truck,
livestock); fisheries (oysters, crabs, fish); timber; some boat bldg.
Resort area (fishing, hunting, and water sports, especially at
Solomons, Broomes Isl., Chesapeake Beach). Nuclear power plants:
Calvert Cliffs 1 (initial criticality Oct. 7, 1974) and
Calvert Cliffs 2 (initial criticality Nov. 30, 1976) are
40 mi/64 km S of Annapolis; use cooling water
from Chesapeake Bay and each has max. dependable capacity of 825 MWe.
Named for the first Lord Baltimore and is the state's smallest county.
Attractions include Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary, Calvert
Cliffs State Park, Calvert Marine Mus., Chesapeake Beach RR
Mus., Cove Point Light Station, and Jefferson Patterson Park
and Mus. Formed in 1650.
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