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Place Name
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Challis
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Capital Of
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Custer County
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Population
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1,073 (1990)
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Location
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Custer County, Idaho (ID), United States, North America
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Latitude
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44°31'N
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Longitude
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114°13'W
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Challis
, town (1990 pop. 1,073),  Custer co., central
Idaho, 50 mi/80 km SSW of Salmon; 44°31'N
114°13'W. Elev. 5,288 ft/1,612 m. Agr. (hay,
alfalfa; grain, barley, oats; cattle); lumber. Parts of Challis Natl.
Forest to E and W. Land of the Yankee Fork State Park and Natl. Forest
Historic Area to S; ghost towns and gold mining dredge. Molybdenum
mining nearby.
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