Prince County is located in western

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. The county's defining geographic feature is Malpeque Bay, a sub-basin of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which creates the narrowest portion of Prince Edward Island's landmass, an

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upon which the city of Summerside is located. The geographic division created by Malpeque Bay is informally augmented by a socio-economic division between the more urban East Prince and rural West Prince, although the line of division generally varies. Much of Prince Edward Island's industrial base is concentrated in the eastern part of the county, with three large frozen French fry manufacturing plants, a potato chip manufacturing plant, and an aerospace industry located at a former air force base. Industrial farming for root crops such as

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es accounts for the majority of rural economic activity, followed by fishing for shellfish such as

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and

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. The county was named by Capt. Samuel Holland in 1765 for George, Prince of Wales, who would later become King George IV (1762–1830). As such, Prince County's shire town was designated as

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, but the inferior harbour for Prince Royalty saw the settlement pattern change to give this honour to Summerside.

Demographics

As a

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in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Prince County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Transportation

Major highways

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Airport

Summerside-Slemon Park Airport

Places

*Cities ** Summerside *Towns ** Alberton ** Borden-Carleton **

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** O'Leary ** Tignish *Municipalities ** Abrams Village ** Bedeque and Area ** Central Prince ** Elmsdale ** Greenmount-Montrose ** Kinkora ** Linkletter ** Lot 11 and Area ** Malpeque Bay ** Miminegash ** Miscouche **

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** St. Felix ** St. Louis ** Tignish Shore ** Tyne Valley **

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*Unincorporated communities ** Albany ** Augustine Cove ** Belmont ** Port Hill ** Days Corner ** Richmond ** Union Corner *Indian reserves ** Lennox Island 1

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