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Place Name
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Rhea County
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Pronunciation
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rai
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Dayton
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Population
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24,344 (1990)
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Location
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Tennessee, United States, North America
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Latitude
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35°38'N
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Longitude
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84°55'W
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Rhea
(rai), county (
335 sq mi/868 sq km; 1990 pop.
24,344), E Tenn.;  Dayton; 35°38'N 84°55'W. Drained by
Tennessee R., impounded (in N) by Watts Bar Reservoir. Fruit, corn,
vegetables, hay; dairy prods.; livestock; bituminous coal mining. Some
industry at Dayton, Spring City (textiles, stone prods.). Part of
Chickamauga Reservoir (Tennessee R.) in S. Formed 1807.
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