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Place Name
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Breckenridge
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Pronunciation
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BREK-en-rij
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Capital Of
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Summit County
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Population
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1,285 (1990)
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Location
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Summit County, Colorado (CO), United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°30'N
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Longitude
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106°02'W
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Breckenridge
(BREK-en-rij), town (1990 pop. 1,285),
 Summit co., central Colo., on Blue R., just S of Gore Range,
60 mi/97 km WSW of Denver; 39°30'N
106°02'W. Elev. 9,602 ft/2,927 m; Gold and
silver mines; livestock. Tourism. Music festivals. Once a mining and
trade center, with pop. of c.8,000, for group of gold-mining camps. Now
a Natl. Historic Dist. (dates to 1860s) with Breckenridge ski area
nearby. Quandary Peak and Mt. Lincoln are in the vicinity. Area
surrounded by Arapaho Natl. Forest, Dillon Reservoir (on Blue R.) to N.
Popular ski and summer resort. Continental Divide passes to S and SE.
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