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Place Name
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Monroe County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Monroe
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Population
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133,600 (1990)
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Location
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Michigan, United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°55'N
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Longitude
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83°30'W
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Monroe
, county (
680 sq mi/1,761 sq km; 1990 pop.
133,600), SE corner of Mich.; 41°55'N 83°30'W;  Monroe.
Bounded S by Ohio state line, E by L. Erie, NE by Huron R.; drained by
R. Raisin. Cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry, dairying; agr. (corn, wheat,
soybeans, sugar beets, apples); nurseries. Mfg. at Monroe and Dundee.
Limestone quarrying. Formed 1817. Fermi 2 nuclear- power plant, initial
criticality June 21, 1985; is 25 mi/40 km NE
of Toledo, Ohio (OH), uses cooling water from Lake Erie, and has a max.
dependable capacity of 1060 MWe.
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