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Place Name
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Kent
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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37,960 (1990)
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Location
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King County, Washington (WA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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47°23'N
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Longitude
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122°14'W
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Kent
, city
(1990 pop. 37,960), King co., W central Wash., suburb
15 mi/24 km SSE of downtown Seattle, and
13 mi/21 km NE of downtown Tacoma, near Puget
Sound; 47°23'N 122°14'W. Located in a fertile agr. area, the city
has numerous food- and dairy-processing plants. Mfg. (chemicals,
fabricated metal prods., electrical equip., fixtures, paper prods.,
transportation equip., apparel, aircraft, plastic prods., machinery,
printing and publishing, furniture, food). Kent also has a large
aerospace industry. The city and its pop. grew in the 1980s and early
1990s along with the developing Seattle metropolitan area. Puget Sound
area 4 mi/6.4 km W. Inc. 1890.
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