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Place Name
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Baker County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Baker City
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Population
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15,317 (1990)
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Location
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Oregon, United States, North America
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Latitude
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44°42'N
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Longitude
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117°40'W
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Baker
, county (
3,088 sq mi/7,998 sq km; 1990
pop. 15,317), NE Oregon;  Baker City; 44°42'N 117°40'W.
Bounded E by Snake R. (forms Idaho state boundary); Powder and North
Powder rivers, Anthony Creek, and Burnt R. form part of N boundary.
Drained by Powder R. Timber, gold, silver, copper. Barley, oats,
potatoes; cattle, sheep; dairy prods. Blue Mts. in W; Wallowa Mts. in
N; Oxbow and Brownlee dams on Snake R. in NE, S of Hells Canyon. Unity
Lake State Park in SW; Farewell Bend State Park in SE corner; part of
Hells Canyon Natl. Recreation Area in NE; part of Umatilla Natl. Forest
in NE; parts of Wallowa-Whitman Natl. Forest in W and S; part of
Malheur Natl. Forest in SW (including Monument Rock Wilderness Area).
Formed 1862.
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