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Place Name
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Victoria
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Victoria County
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Population
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55,076 (1990)
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Location
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Victoria County, Texas (TX), United States, North America
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Latitude
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28°49'N
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Longitude
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96°58'W
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Victoria
, city (1990 pop. 55,076),  Victoria co., S
Texas, on the Guadalupe R., 100 mi/161 km SE
of San Antonio; 28°49'N 96°58'W. Elev.
93 ft/28 m. RR junction. In a prosperous farm,
cattle, and oil area. The Victoria Barge Canal (completed in 1962)
connects the growing city with the Intracoastal Waterway. Mfg.
(printing and publishing, storage tanks, plastics, steel fabricating,
high-density polyethylene, oil drilling and rig equip., concrete beams,
pressure vessels). It is the seat of Victoria Col. (2-year) and the
Univ. of Houston at Victoria. A zoo and mus. of history and fine arts
are also in the city. Coleto Creek reservoir to W.
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