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Place Name
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Rabun County
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Pronunciation
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RAI-buhn
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Clayton
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Population
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11,648 (1990)
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Location
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Georgia, United States, North America
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Latitude
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34°53'N
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Longitude
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83°24'W
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Rabun
(RAI-buhn), county (
377 sq mi/976 sq km; 1990 pop.
11,648), extreme NE Ga., on N.C. and S.C. state lines;  Clayton;
34°53'N 83°24'W. In Chattahoochee Natl. Forest and the Blue Ridge,
rising here to 4,663 ft/1,421 m in Rabun Bald
(NE); drained by Tallulah R. (dammed; forms lakes Burton and Rabun) and
the Little Tennessee. Agr. (hay, potatoes, fruits); cattle, poultry;
timber. Resort area. Formed 1819.
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