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Place Name
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Franklin County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Farmington
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Population
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29,008 (1990)
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Location
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Maine, United States, North America
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Latitude
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44°54'N
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Longitude
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70°27'W
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Franklin
, county (
1,744 sq mi/4,517 sq km; 1990
pop. 29,008), W Maine, bordering on Que. (Canada);  Farmington;
44°54'N 70°27'W. Agr., recreational, lumbering region. Paper and
pulp mills, wood prods.; dairying; hunting, fishing; resorts and camps
center on Rangeley L. The Androscoggin, near S boundary, is chief
river. Formed 1838.
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