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Place Name
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Claiborne County
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Pronunciation
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KLAI-buhrn
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Port Gibson
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Population
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11,370 (1990)
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Location
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Mississippi, United States, North America
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Latitude
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31°58'N
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Longitude
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90°54'W
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Claiborne
(KLAI-buhrn), county (
501 sq mi/1,298 sq km; 1990 pop.
11,370), SW Miss;  Port Gibson; 31°58'N 90°54'W. Bounded W
by Mississippi R. (La. state line), N by Big Black R.; drained by Bayou
Pierre. State line extends W of Mississippi R. to Yocatan L., oxbow
lake and former river channel. Agr. (cotton, corn, soybeans; cattle;
timber). Grand Gulf Military Park in W, on Mississippi R. Grand Gulf 1
nuclear power plant is 25 mi/40 km S of
Vicksburg, uses cooling water from the Mississippi R., and has a max.
dependable capacity of 1143 mw. Formed 1802.
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