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Place Name
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Lowndes County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Columbus
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Population
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59,308 (1990)
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Location
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Mississippi, United States, North America
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Latitude
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33°28'N
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Longitude
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88°26'W
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Lowndes
, county (
516 sq mi/1,336 sq km; 1990 pop.
59,308), E Miss.;  Columbus; 33°28'N 88°26'W. Bordered E by
Ala. state line; drained by Tombigbee R. (forms Columbus L. reservoir
on NW boundary) and Luxapalila Creek. Agr. (cotton, corn, hay,
soybeans, wheat; cattle); timber. L. Lowndes State Park in E;
Buttahatchie R. forms part of N boundary. Formed 1830.
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