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Place Name
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Merrimack County
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Pronunciation
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ME-ri-mak
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Concord
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Population
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120,005 (1990)
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Location
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New Hampshire, United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°17'N
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Longitude
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40°71'W
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Merrimack
(ME-ri-mak), county (
956 sq mi/2,476 sq km; 1990 pop.
120,005), S central N.H.;  Concord; 43°17'N 40°71'W. Mfg. at
Concord, Franklin, Hooksett, and Suncook; agr. (nursery crops,
vegetables, corn, apples, sugar maples, hay; cattle, poultry;
dairying). Granite quarrying, mica mining, sand and gravel. Resorts on
lakes. Hilly region, drained by Merrimack, Contoocook, Suncook,
Soucook, Blackwater, and Lane rivers. Winslow and Rollins state parks
in center. Wadleigh and part of Mt. Sunapee state parks in W; part of
Low State Forest in SW; part of Bear Brook State Park in SE; Sunapee L.
on W border; N.H. State Forest Nursery in center. Formed 1823.
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