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Place Name
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Kalispell
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Pronunciation
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KA-lis-pel
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Flathead County
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Population
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11,917 (1990)
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Location
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Flathead County, Montana (MT), United States, North America
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Latitude
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48°12'N
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Longitude
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114°19'W
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Kalispell
(KA-lis-pel), city (1990 pop. 11,917), 
Flathead co., NW Mont., 95 mi/153 km N of
Missoula., on Flathead R. and Ashley Creek, at mouths of Stillwater and
Whitefish rivers; 48°12'N 114°19'W. Tourism; forestry (including
Christmas-tree production); Agr. (fruit, wheat, barley, corn (maize),
peas, garbanzo beans, lentils, rapeseed, mustard, mint, potatoes;
cattle, horses, hogs, llamas, poultry); trade; mfg. (lumber, furniture;
food processing; meat and dairy prods.; semiconductor equip., glass
items; service industries. Flathead Valley Community Col., Conrad
Mansion (1895), and Hockaday Center for the Arts here. The hq. of the
Flathead Natl. Forest are in Kalispell, parts of forest to S, W, and E.
Flathead L., 9 mi/14.5 km SSE, Glacier Natl.
Park to NW. Creston Natl. Fish Hatchery to E; Lone Pine State Park SW
of city. Hungry Horse Dam and Reservoir to E. Inc. 1892.
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