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Place Name
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Albany County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Laramie
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Population
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30,797 (1990)
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Location
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Wyoming, United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°38'N
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Longitude
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105°44'W
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Albany
, county
(
4,309 sq mi/11,160 sq km; 1990
pop. 30,797), SE Wyo.;  Laramie; 41°38'N 105°44'W. Grain,
livestock area bordering on Colo.; watered by Laramie R. (forms
Wheatland Reservoir and L. Ione at center). Agr. (hay, alfalfa; cattle,
sheep) timber; oil, natural gas. Parts of Medicine Bow Natl. Forest in
SW and NE; part of Medicine Bow Mts. in SW; part of Laramie Mts. in NE
and E. Snowy Range Ski Area in SW; Como Bluff, renowned
dinosaur fossil bed, in NW. Hutton Lake Natl. Wildlife Refuge in S.
Formed 1868.
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