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Place Name
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Sumter County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Sumter
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Population
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102,637 (1990)
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Location
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South Carolina, United States, North America
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Latitude
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33°55'N
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Longitude
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80°22'W
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Sumter
, county (
682 sq mi/1,766 sq km; 1990 pop.
102,637), central S.C.;  Sumter; 33°55'N 80°22'W. Bounded W
by Wateree R., NE by Lynches R.; drained by Black R.; N part of L.
Marion is in S. Includes Poinsett State Park and Forest. Mfg. of sand,
gravel, clay. Agr. and lumbering area producing hogs, cattle, dairying,
wheat, rye, oats, tobacco, sorghum, peanuts, hay, cotton. Formed
1785.
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