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Place Name
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Zapata County
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Pronunciation
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zuh-PAH-tuh
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Zapata
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Population
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9,279 (1990)
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Location
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Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
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27°00'N
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Longitude
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99°10'W
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Zapata
(zuh-PAH-tuh), county (
1,058 sq mi/2,740 sq km; 1990
pop. 9,279), extreme S Texas;  Zapata; 27°00'N 99°10'W.
Bounded W by the Rio Grande (Mex. border here; forms large Internatl.
Falcon Reservoir); drained by its small tributaries. Ranching area
(cattle, sheep); some agr. (vegetables, cantaloupes, melons); some
dairying. Oil, natural gas; exports gas by pipeline to Mexico. Falcon
State Recreational Park on Falcon Reservoir in S part of co. Formed
1858.
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