Plaquemines Parish

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parish of Louisiana

Plaquemines Parish is a coastal parish at the mouth of the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana, known for its oil and gas industry, fishing, and vulnerability to hurricanes and coastal erosion.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana	7
Plaquemines Parish canonical	4

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parish of Louisiana ⓘ
borderedBy	Jefferson Parish NERFINISHED ⓘ Orleans Parish NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Bernard Parish NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater	Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Belle Chasse NERFINISHED ⓘ Boothville NERFINISHED ⓘ Braithwaite NERFINISHED ⓘ Buras NERFINISHED ⓘ Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenix NERFINISHED ⓘ Pointe à la Hache NERFINISHED ⓘ Port Sulphur NERFINISHED ⓘ Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fipsCode	22075 ⓘ
frequentlyAffectedBy	Atlantic hurricane season storms ⓘ hurricanes ⓘ tropical storms ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	offshore oil support services ⓘ oyster harvesting ⓘ shipbuilding and repair ⓘ shrimping ⓘ
hasFeature	barrier islands ⓘ extensive wetlands ⓘ marshes ⓘ
hasGeography	long narrow strip along both banks of the Mississippi River ⓘ
hasMajorHighway	Louisiana Highway 23 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry	commercial fisheries ⓘ maritime transportation ⓘ oil and gas extraction ⓘ petrochemical processing ⓘ
knownFor	coastal erosion ⓘ commercial fishing ⓘ natural gas industry ⓘ oil industry ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ seafood production ⓘ vulnerability to hurricanes ⓘ
largestCommunity	Belle Chasse NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedAt	mouth of the Mississippi River ⓘ
locatedIn	Mississippi River Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Plaquemine (Louisiana French word for persimmon) ⓘ
parishSeat	Pointe à la Hache NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	New Orleans metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Louisiana ⓘ
subjectTo	land loss ⓘ storm surge flooding ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ