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Place Name
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Lac qui Parle County
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Pronunciation
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LA kee PAHRL
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Madison
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Population
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8,924 (1990)
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Location
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Minnesota, United States, North America
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Latitude
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45°00'N
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Longitude
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96°10'W
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Lac qui Parle
(LA kee PAHRL), county (
778 sq mi/2,015 sq km; 1990 pop.
8,924), SW Minn.;  Madison; 45°00'N 96°10'W. Bounded by
S.Dak. on W, bounded N and NE by Minnesota R. (flows through Marsh and
Lac qui Parle reservoirs; both in Lac qui Parle Wildlife Area), and
drained by Lac qui Parle R. and its West Fork and by Yellow Bank R.
Agr. area (corn, oats, wheat, soybeans, hay, alfalfa; hogs, cattle,
sheep). Formed 1871.
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