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Place Name
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New Roads
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Pointe Coupee parish
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Population
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5,303 (1990)
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Location
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Pointe Coupee parish, Louisiana (LA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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30°42'N
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Longitude
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91°27'W
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New Roads
, city (1990 pop. 5,303),  Pointe Coupee
parish, SE central La., 24 mi/39 km NW of
Baton Rouge, and on False R. (a c.13-mi/21-km-long oxbow
lake of the Mississippi R.); 30°42'N 91°27'W. In agr. area (pecans,
corn, sugarcane, soybeans, rice); sawmilling; fishing (crawfish), light
mfg. Oil and natural-gas fields. Toll ferry across Mississippi R. to
St. Francisville, 5 mi/8 km NE. Primary
recreational area for people from Baton Rouge. Annual Mardi Gras
parade.
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