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Place Name
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Bishop
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Population
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3,475 (1990)
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Location
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Inyo County, California (CA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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37°22'N
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Longitude
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118°24'W
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Bishop
, town (1990 pop. 3,475), Inyo co., E Calif.,
83 mi/134 km ENE of Fresno, in Owens Valley,
at E base of the Sierra Nevada, c.50 mi/80 km
SE of Mono L.; elev. 4,147 ft/1,264 m;
37°22'N 118°24'W. Mfg. (plastics, treated minerals; printing and
publishing; tungsten mining). Resort in stock-raising and mining region
(tungsten, gold, silver). Bishop Airport to E. Hq. of Inyo Natl.
Forest. In Bishop Creek Canyon (SW) is a power plant. Paiute Indian
reservation nearby. Settled 1861, inc. 1903. Laws RR Mus. and
Historical Site. Bishop Indian Reservation. Kings Canyon Natl. Park to
SW; parts of Inyo Natl. Forest to E and W; Inyo Mts to E, Sierra Nevada
to W.
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