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Place Name
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Empire
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Place Status (Type)
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village
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Population
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2,654 (1990)
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Location
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Plaquemines parish, Louisiana (LA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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29°25'N
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Longitude
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89°37'W
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Empire
, village (1990 pop.
2,654), Plaquemines parish, extreme SE La., on W bank (levee) of the
Mississippi R., and 50 mi/80 km SE of New
Orleans, in the delta; 29°25'N 89°37'W. Elev.
4 ft/1 m. Hunting, fishing (fish, shrimp,
crabs, oysters); mfg. (fish meal, machinery). Doullut Canal, with lock
through the Mississippi levee here, connects river with waterways
leading S into Gulf of Mexico. Oil field in vicinity. Named after the
Empire Canal built in 1885.
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