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Place Name
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Collier County
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Pronunciation
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KOL-yer
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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East Naples
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Location
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Florida, United States, North America
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Latitude
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26°04'N
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Longitude
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81°24'W
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Collier
(KOL-yer), county (
2,305 sq mi/5,970 sq km; pop.
152,099), SW Fla., on Gulf of Mexico;  East Naples; 26°04'N
81°24'W. Co. area mostly covered by Big Cypress Swamp and the
Everglades; Ten Thousand Isls. along SW coast. Rapidly expanding
metropolitan area at Naples. Major resort development from Naples N
along Gulf, and on Marco Isl. 10 mi/16 km SE
of Naples. Farming, fishing, lumbering. Oil wells at Sunniland. Formed
1923.
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