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Place Name
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Boulder
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Boulder County
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Population
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83,312 (1990)
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Location
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Boulder County, Colorado (CO), United States, North America
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Latitude
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40°01'N
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Longitude
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105°15'W
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Boulder
, city (1990 pop. 83,312),  Boulder co., N
central Colo., on Boulder Creek, suburb
22 mi/35 km NW of Denver; 40°01'N
105°15'W. Situated c.5,363 ft/1,635 m above
sea level, it is a major resort at edge of the Rocky Mts. Mfg.
(machinery, consumer goods, foods, bioresearch, printing and
publishing, electric and electronic equip., computer equip., apparel,
printing ribbons, paper prods., fabricated metal prods.,
transportation equip., aerospace research, furniture, telephone
apparatus, medical supplies). Principally a scientific research and
education center; the Univ. of Colo., the Natl. Center for Atmospheric
Research, the World Data Center, and Henderson Mus. are here. Boulder
Municipal Airport to NE. Roosevelt Natl. Forest to W; Rocky Mt. Natl.
Park to NW; El Dorado Canyon State Park to S. Inc. 1871.
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