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Place Name
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Providence County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Population
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596,270 (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°52'N
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Longitude
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71°35'W
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Providence
, county (
416 sq mi/1,077 sq km; 1990 pop.
596,270), N R.I., on Conn. (W) and Mass. (N) state lines; 
Providence, R.I.; 41°52'N 71°35'W. Largest city of
state and industrial center. Resorts, recreational fisheries, gravel
pits, agr. (dairy prods.; poultry). Includes Scituate, Smith and
Sayles, and Pascoag reservoirs; drained by Blackstone (here becoming
the Seekonk), Providence, Woonasquatucket, Moshassuck, Pawtuxet, and
Ten Mile river systems. Inc. 1703.
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