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Place Name
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Butte County
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Pronunciation
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BYOOT
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Oroville
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Population
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181,120 (1990)
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Location
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California, United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°40'N
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Longitude
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121°36'W
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Butte
(BYOOT), county (
1,640 sq mi/4,248 sq km; 1990
pop. 181,120), N central Calif.;  Oroville; 39°40'N
121°36'W. Flatlands of the Sacramento Valley in W, rise to
c.6,600 ft/2,012 m in the Sierra Nevada in E.
Drained by Feather R. (and its forks) and the Butte R. Parts of W
border formed by Sacramento R. (NW) and Butte Creek (SW), part of S
border formed by South Honcut Creek. Agr. (rice, nuts, kiwi fruit,
olives, prunes, peaches; barley, corn, oats, wheat, beans; cattle);
timber. Gold, silver, platinum. Extensive logging (pine, fir, cedar).
Processing industries (lumber and rice milling, olive oil extracting,
fruit canning). Parts of Lassen (NE) and Plumas (E) natl. forests; L.
Oroville reservoir and State Recreation Area (Feather R.) in E center;
Thermalito Afterbays Reservoir W of Oroville, in S center, for
irrigation. Formed 1850.
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