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Place Name
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Kent County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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East Greenwich
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Population
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161,135 (1990)
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Location
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Rhode Island, United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°40'N
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Longitude
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71°35'W
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Kent
, county (
190 sq mi/492 sq km; 1990 pop.
161,135), W and central R.I., bounded E by Narragansett Bay, W by Conn.
state line;  East Greenwich; 41°40'N 71°35'W. Industrial,
resort, and agr. area, producing chiefly textiles and textile
machinery; also fabricated metal prods., chemicals; agr. (dairy prods.,
poultry, corn, potatoes, fruit, mushrooms); fisheries; lumbering; many
printing and publishing establishments. Many coast recreation sites.
Includes state forests and parks. Drained by Pawtuxet, Moosup, Flat,
and Wood rivers. Inc. 1750.
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