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Place Name
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Mandan
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Morton County
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Population
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15,177 (1990)
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Location
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Morton County, North Dakota (ND), United States, North America
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Latitude
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46°49'N
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Longitude
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100°53'W
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Mandan
, city (1990 pop. 15,177),  Morton co., S N.Dak.,
on the Missouri R., at the mouth of Heart R., opposite Bismarck;
46°49'N 100°53'W. A RR division point, it is the distributing
center for a grain, livestock, and dairy region; mfg. (printing and
publishing; bldg. materials, wood prods.). Has a large cattle market
and food-processing plants. Industry includes iron, fabricated metal
prods., tile. Lewis and Clark wintered here (1804-1805) in the Mandan
Native Amer. villages. A state industrial school is in the city, and a
U.S. agr. experiment station is nearby. Fort Lincoln State Park to S.
In Central time zone; Mountain/Central time zone border
(Missouri R.) skirts around Mandan and NE corner of Morton co. Inc.
1883.
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