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Place Name
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Clinton County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Carlyle
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Population
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33,944 (1990)
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Location
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Illinois, United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°36'N
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Longitude
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89°25'W
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Clinton
, county (
503 sq mi/1,303 sq km; 1990 pop.
33,944), S Ill., bounded S by Kaskaskia R.;  Carlyle; 38°36'N
89°25'W. Agr. area (corn, wheat, sorghum). Mfg. (metal, wood,
plastics, and food prods.). Bituminous coal mines. Formed 1824. L.
Carlyle, important weekend and day recreational area in NE; South Shore
and Eldon Hazlet State Parks on lake. Centralia Correctional Center and
Kaskaskia Col. in SE.
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