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Place Name
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Hampden County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Springfield
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Population
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456,310 (1990)
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Location
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Massachusetts, United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°07'N
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Longitude
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72°40'W
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Hampden
, county (
634 sq mi/1,642 sq km; 1990 pop.
456,310), SW Mass., on Conn. state line;  Springfield; 42°07'N
72°40'W. Bisected by Connecticut R., which supplies power to its
industrial cities. The Conn. Valley Lowland formed in middle of co.
Varied mfg. (paper and paper prods., foods, rubber and plastic prods.,
metal prods., industrial machinery and equip., electronic equip.,
consumer goods; printing and publishing). Vegetables, fruit; livestock;
dairying, nursery prods. Formed 1812.
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