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Place Name
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Fannin County
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Pronunciation
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FAN-in
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Blue Ridge
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Population
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15,992 (1990)
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Location
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Polk County, Georgia (GA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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00°00'N
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Longitude
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84°19'W
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Fannin
(FAN-in), county ( 396; 1990 pop.
15,992), N Ga., on Tenn. and N.C. state lines;  Blue Ridge; 34
°52'N 84°19'W. In the Blue Ridge and partly (W) in Chattahoochee
Natl. Forest. Mfg. (apparel, textiles, wood prods., dairy prods.). Agr.
(cattle, poultry, hogs; fruit, corn, hay, potatoes). Resort area
drained by Toccoa R. (forms L. Blue Ridge here). Copper mines of
adjacent Polk co.,Tenn., are a major employer of Fannin co. pop. Formed
1854.
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