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Natchez



Natchez (pop. 22,209), city of southwestern Mississippi, seat of Adams County, on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River. A traditional center of the cotton industry, Natchez is the oldest city along the Mississippi, dating from its beginning as Fort Rosalie, built (1716) by the French.



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