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Place Name
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Newport County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Newport
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Population
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87,194 (1990)
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Location
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Rhode Island, United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°31'N
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Longitude
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71°16'W
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Newport
, county (
313 sq mi/811 sq km; 1990 pop.
87,194), SE R.I., on Mass. state line and the Atlantic, and including
Conanicut, Prudence, and Rhode isls. (Aquidneck) in Narragansett Bay;
 Newport; 41°31'N 71°16'W. Resort, agr. area, with mfg.
(textiles, rubber and metal prods., electronic, computer and
data-processing equip., jewelry; fisheries, boatbuilding, boat repair).
Inc. 1703.
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