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Place Name
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Big Horn County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Hardin
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Population
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11,337 (1990)
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Location
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Montana, United States, North America
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Latitude
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45°26'N
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Longitude
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107°29'W
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Big Horn
, county (
5,014 sq mi/12,986 sq km; 1990
pop. 11,337), S Mont.;  Hardin; 45°26'N 107°29'W. Irrigated
region bordering on Wyo.; drained by Bighorn and Little Bighorn rivers.
Wheat, barley, oats, hay, beans, sugar beets; cattle. Part of Crow
Indian Reservation in S; W part of Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation
in E. Pryor, Bighorn, and Rosebud mts. in S. Bighorn Reservoir, in
center and SW of co., formed on Bighorn R. in Bighorn Canyon Natl.
Recreation Area (includes Yellowtail Dam). Little Bighorn Battlefield
Natl. Monument and Reno-Benteen Battlefield Memorial in center; Rosebud
Battlefield and Tongue River (on Tongue R. reservoir) state parks, in
SE. Chief Plenty Coups State Park in W. Formed 1913.
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