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Place Name
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Arapahoe County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Littleton
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Population
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391,511 (1990)
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Location
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Denver County, Colorado (CO), United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°38'N
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Longitude
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104°19'W
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Arapahoe
, county (
805 sq mi/2,085 sq km; 1990 pop.
391,511), N central Colo., bordering Denver;  Littleton;
39°38'N 104°19'W. Agr. area, drained in W by South Platte R. Dairy
prods.; wheat, sunflower, nursery co-ops; cattle. Buckley Air Natl.
Guard Base at Aurora. Cherry Creek L. Reservoir and State Park are in W
center. Located on W margin of Great Plains, W boundary of co.
approaches Front Range of Rockies. W part of co. is highly urbanized,
including cities of Aurora (port), Englewoods, and Littleton. E
¾ of co. is rural and sparsely populated. Plains
Conservation Center SE of Aurora. Co. land area has been reduced by
expansion of Denver co. in NW, which adjusts its boundary every
decennial year to conform with expansions of city of Denver into
neighboring counties. Formed 1861.
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