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Place Name
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Blaine County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Hailey
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Population
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13,552 (1990)
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Location
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Idaho, United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°23'N
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Longitude
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113°59'W
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Blaine
, county (
2,661 sq mi/6,892 sq km; 1990
pop. 13,552), S central Idaho;  Hailey; 43°23'N 113°59'W.
Drained by Big Wood R. Winter resort area at Sun Valley in N. Livestock
grazing (sheep, cattle); agr. (potatoes, sugar beets; alfalfa, hay;
wheat, barley, oats). Mining of silver, lead, gold, zinc, copper.
Irregular-shaped co. has 40-mi/64-km S extension in E to
Snake R. (L. Walcott reservoir) and part of Minidoka Natl. Wildlife
Refuge; Sawtooth Natl. Forest, in N and NW, part of Sawtooth Natl.
Recreation Area in NW and source of Salmon R., part of Craters of the
Moon Natl. Monument in E; includes parts of Pioneer and Sawtooth mts.;
Snake R. Plain in S; Magic Reservoir on SW boundary. Formed 1895.
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