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Place Name
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Coos Bay
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Pronunciation
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KOOZ
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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15,076 (1990)
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Location
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Coos County, Oregon (OR), United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°22'N
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Longitude
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124°13'W
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Coos Bay
(KOOZ), city (1990 pop. 15,076), Coos co., SW Oregon,
a port of entry on Coos Bay, 70 mi/113 km SW
of Eugene; 43°22'N 124°13'W. City extends across peninsula on S
side of Coos Bay, formed by curve in estuary. Town of North Bend
adjoins Coos Bay in N. Pacific Ocean and mouth of Coos Bay
5 mi/8 km to W. Mfg. (frozen shrimp and crab,
seafood processing; wood prods., printing and publishing, plastic
prods., fabricated metal prods., shipbuilding). Shipping, tourism,
fishing, and canning are important industries. It is a worldwide
lumber-shipping port that ships many of its prods. to Japan. Due to
environmental concerns, however, Coos Bay industry has experienced a
depressed market and sluggish growth since the 1980s. Southwestern
Oregon Community Col. is here. Golden and Silver Falls State Park and
Elliott State Forest to NE; Oregon Dunes Natl. Recreation Area to N.
Seven Devils Wayside, Cape Arago, Sunset Bay, and Shore Acres state
parks to SW. Founded 1854 as Marshfield, inc. 1874, renamed 1944.
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