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Place Name
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La Porte
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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La Porte County
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Population
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21,507 (1990)
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Location
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La Porte County, Indiana (IN), United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°37'N
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Longitude
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86°43'W
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La Porte
, city (1990 pop. 21,507),  La Porte
co., NW Ind.; 41°37'N 86°43'W. It is a mfg. center in a fertile
farmland on the edge of the Calumet industrial region. Mfg. (machinery,
plastic containers, agr., paper, wood, and rubber prods., furniture,
chemicals, metals, transportation equip., fabricated metal prods., and
baked goods). Pine L. is on the NW edge of the city. Laid out 1833;
inc. 1835.
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