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Natch·ez [ náchiz ] city on the Mississippi River in southwestern Mississippi. The first state capital of Mississippi from 1817 to 1821, it was of strategic importance in the 18th and 19th centuries as the southern terminus of the Natchez Trace trade route.
Population: 17,864 (2002 estimate).
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