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Place Name
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Clackamas County
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Pronunciation
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KLAK-uh-muhs
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Oregon City
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Population
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278,850 (1990)
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Location
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Oregon, United States, North America
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Latitude
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45°11'N
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Longitude
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122°12'W
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Clackamas
(KLAK-uh-muhs), county (
1,879 sq mi/4,867 sq km; 1990
pop. 278,850), NW Oregon;  Oregon City; 45°11'N 122°12'W.
Cascade Range to E, drained by Willamette, Molalla, Sandy, and
Clackamas rivers. Bounded in SW by Butte Creek. Highly urbanized in NW
corner, from city of Portland to N. Agr. (apples, cherries, pears,
plums, peaches, grapes, berries, wheat, oats, barley, corn, potatoes;
sheep, hogs, cattle); nurseries. Part of Mt. Hood Natl. Forest in E,
including Mt. Hood (11,239 ft/3,426 m), the
highest mt. in Oregon, on border bet. Clackamas and Hood cos. Table
Rock Wilderness Area in S; Milo McIver State Park in N center. Molalla
R., Mary S. Young, and part of Tryon Creek state parks in NW. Founded
in 1843.
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