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Place Name
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Ward County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Minot
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Population
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57,921 (1990)
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Location
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North Dakota, United States, North America
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Latitude
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48°13'N
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Longitude
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101°32'W
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Ward
, county (
2,044 sq mi/5,294 sq km; 1990
pop. 57,921), N central N.Dak.;  Minot; 48°13'N 101°32'W.
Agr. area drained by Souris and Des Lacs rivers. Lignite mines; oil and
gas extraction; sand and gravel deposits; food prods., beverages,
millwork; mfg. in Minot; diversified farming (dairy prods., cattle,
wheat, sunflowers, barley, oats, rye, hay; nurseries); marble. Small
part of Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in SW corner; part of Des Lacs
Natl. Wildlife Refuge in far NW (Upper and Lower Des Lacs lakes); part
of Upper Souris Natl. Wildlife Refuge in N; Minot Air Force Base in N.
Formed 1885.
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