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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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Aberdeen
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Population
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36,582 (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°53'N
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Longitude
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88°29'W
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Monroe
, county (
772 sq mi/1,999 sq km; 1990 pop.
36,582), E Miss.;  Aberdeen; 33°53'N 88°29'W. Bordered E by
Ala. state line. Drained by Buttahatchie R. and East Fork of the
Tombigbee R., which forms Aberdeen L. reservoir in center.
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway runs parallel to the river. Agr. (cotton,
corn, soybeans, wheat; cattle; dairying); timber. Formed 1821.
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