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| | South Shropshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | South Shropshire is the most rural district of one of the UK's most rural counties, the population of the district is 40,000 spread out over 1,027 km² of forest, mountains, moors, hills and poor quality farmland. |
 | | Economically the district is dependent on tourism, now that farming is of little economic importance (and lead and coal mining having died in the area years ago), although there is some light industry around Church Stretton. |
 | | The District of South Shropshire covers an area of 1,028 square kilometres, or 397 square miles, which is roughly one third of the administrative county of Shropshire. |
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