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Place Name
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Washington County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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South Kingstown
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Population
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110,006 (1990)
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Location
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Rhode Island, United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°23'N
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Longitude
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71°37'W
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Washington
, county
( 367 sq mi/951 sq km;
1990 pop. 110,006), SW R.I., on Conn. state line and Block Isl. Sound;
 South Kingstown; 41°23'N 71°37'W. Commonly known as South
co. Resorts; mfg. (textiles, furniture, wood prods., food prods.),
printing; agr. (turf grass, nursery, potatoes; poultry). Once famous
for granite quarries. Resorts on Block Isl. Sound and Narragansett Bay.
State airport at Westerly, Narragansett Indian Reservation at
Charlestown, and Univ. of R.I. at Kingston are here. Includes state
parks and several lakes. Drained by Wood, Hunt, Queen, and Pawcatuck
rivers. Inc. 1729.
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