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County in SW England. area 6,720 sq km/2,594
sq mi towns Exeter (administrative
headquarters), Plymouth; resorts: Paignton,
Torquay, Teignmouth, and Ilfracombe features
rivers: Dart, Exe, Tamar; National Parks:
Dartmoor, Exmoor products mainly
agricultural, with sheep and dairy farming;
cider and clotted cream; kaolin in the S;
Honiton lace; Dartington glass population
(1987) 1,010,000 famous people Francis Drake,
John Hawkins, Charles Kingsley, Robert F
Scott