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Place Name
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Benewah County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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St. Maries
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Population
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7,937 (1990)
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Location
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Idaho, United States, North America
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Latitude
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47°13'N
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Longitude
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116°40'W
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Benewah
, county (
784 sq mi/2,031 sq km; 1990 pop.
7,937), N Idaho, on Wash. state line;  St. Maries; 47°13'N
116°40'W. Rolling, hilly area drained by St. Joe and St. Maries
rivers. Lumber; lentils; wheat, oats, barley; cattle. Palouse region in
the W. Heyburn State Park in N, at S tip of Coeur d'Alene L.; part of
St. Joe Natl. Forest in S; Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation in W half
of co. Formed 1915.
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