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Place Name
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Merced
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Merced County
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Population
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56,216 (1990)
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Location
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Merced County, California (CA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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37°18'N
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Longitude
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120°29'W
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Merced
, city (1990 pop. 56,216),  Merced co., central
Calif., 50 mi/80 km NW of Fresno; 37°18'N
120°29'W. Growing city and a center for tourism and farm trade in
cotton, fruit, and dairying; poultry; grain, alfalfa, almonds, sugar
beets. Concentration of Hmong immigrants. Mfg. (prefabricated wood
bldgs., fabricated metal prods., machinery, transportation equip.,
paper prods.). Seat of Merced Col. (2-year). Merced and San Luis natl.
wildlife refuges to SW; Castle Air Force Base to NW, Yosemite Natl.
Park c.50 mi/80 km NE. Inc. 1889.
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