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Place Name
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Pictou County
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Pronunciation
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PIK-to, -too, pik-TOO
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Pictou
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Population
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49,651 (1991)
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Location
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Nova Scotia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
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45°40'N
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Longitude
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62°42'W
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Pictou
(PIK-to, -too, pik-TOO), county (
1,124 sq mi/2,911 sq km; 1991
pop. 49,651), N N.S., Canada, on Northumberland Strait;  Pictou;
45°40'N 62°42'W. Has declining coal deposits. Timber; lobster,
scallops, crabs, fish; potatoes; dairying. Includes cluster of towns of
New Glasgow, Trenton, Stellarton, and Westville. Ferries to P.E.I. and
Pictou Isl. from Caribou.
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