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Place Name
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Linn County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Cedar Rapids
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Population
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168,767 (1990)
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Location
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Iowa, United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°04'N
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Longitude
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91°35'W
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Linn
, county (
724 sq mi/1,875 sq km; 1990 pop.
168,767), E Iowa;  Cedar Rapids; 42°04'N 91°35'W. Prairie
agr. area (hogs, cattle, poultry; corn, oats) drained by Cedar and
Wapsipinicon rivers and Buffalo Creek. Many limestone
quarries, sand and gravel pits. Mfg. at Cedar Rapids and Marion. Duane
Arnold nuclear power plant, initial criticality March 23, 1974, is
8 mi/12.9 km NW of Cedar Rapids, uses cooling
water from the Cedar Rapids R., and has a max. dependable capacity of
515 MW. Palisades Kepler State Park in SE; Pleasant Creek State Park in
NW. Flooding occurred along rivers in 1993. Formed 1837.
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