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Place Name
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Bear Lake County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Paris
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Population
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6,084 (1990)
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Location
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Idaho, United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°17'N
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Longitude
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111°20'W
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Bear Lake
, county (
1,049 sq mi/2,717 sq km; 1990
pop. 6,084), SE Idaho;  Paris; 42°17'N 111°20'W. Mt. area
bordering on Wyo. (E) and Utah (S). Agr. (hay, alfalfa, oats, barley,
wheat; sheep, cattle, turkeys; dairying) near Bear L. on S boundary and
in valley of Bear R. Includes most of Cache, in W, and part of Caribou,
in NE, natl. forests. Bear L. State Park and Bear L. Natl. Wildlife
Refuge at N end of lake. Formed 1875.
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