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Place Name
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Onondaga County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Syracuse
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Population
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468,973 (1990)
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Location
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New York, United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°00'N
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Longitude
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76°12'W
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Onondaga
, county (
805 sq mi/2,085 sq km; 1990 pop.
468,973), central N.Y.;  Syracuse; 43°00'N 76°12'W. Situated
in Finger Lakes region; drained by Seneca and Oswego rivers and by
Onondaga and small Chittenango creeks; crossed by the N.Y. State Barge
Canal. Includes Onondaga Indian Reservation. Resorts on Oneida and
Skaneateles lakes. Dairying and farming area (poultry; corn, potatoes,
hay), with extensive mfg. Formed 1794.
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