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Place Name
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Chaffee County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Buena Vista
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Population
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12,684 (1990)
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Location
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Colorado, United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°44'N
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Longitude
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106°10'W
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Chaffee
, county (
1,015 sq mi/2,629 sq km; 1990
pop. 12,684), central Colo.;  Buena Vista; 38°44'N 106°10'W.
Continental Divide forms W boundary. Cattle area, drained by Arkansas
R., valley runs N-S through center. Some wheat, vegetables. Includes
parts of San Isabel Natl Forest in all but river margins. Part of
Sawatch Mts. in W. Monarch Ski Area in SW. Arkansas Headwaters State
Park in S center. Formed 1879.
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