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Place Name
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Panola County
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Pronunciation
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puh-NO-luh
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Batesville and Sardis
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Population
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29,996 (1990)
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Location
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Mississippi, United States, North America
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Latitude
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34°21'N
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Longitude
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89°57'W
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Panola
(puh-NO-luh), county (
705 sq mi/1,826 sq km; 1990 pop.
29,996), NW Miss.;  Batesville and Sardis; 34°21'N 89°57'W.
Drained by Tallahatchie and Yocona rivers. Agr. (cotton, corn, hay,
sorgum, soybeans, wheat; cattle, hogs). Timber; clay and gravel
deposits. Part of Enid L. reservoir on Yocona R., in SE; John W. Kyle
State Park at dam of Sardis L. reservoir on Tallahatchie R. in NE.
Formed 1836.
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