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Place Name
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Carver County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Chaska
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Population
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47,915 (1990)
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Location
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Minnesota, United States, North America
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Latitude
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44°49'N
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Longitude
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93°47'W
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Carver
, county (
376 sq mi/974 sq km; 1990 pop.
47,915), S central Minn.;  Chaska; 44°49'N 93°47'W. Bounded
SE by Minnesota R.; drained in NW by South Crow R. Agr. area with
fringe of Minneapolis/St. Paul urbanized area in NE
(dairying; cattle, poultry, hogs; wheat, corn, soybeans, oats, hay,
alfalfa). Numerous small natural lakes, especially in NE, including L.
Waconia (in N center) and S extremity of L. Minnetonka (NE). Formed
1855.
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