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Place Name
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Chaves County
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Pronunciation
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CHAH-ves
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Roswell
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Population
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57,849 (1990)
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Location
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New Mexico, United States, North America
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Latitude
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33°21'N
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Longitude
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104°28'W
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Chaves
(CHAH-ves), county (
6,075 sq mi/15,734 sq km; 1990
pop. 57,849), SE N.Mex.;  Roswell; 33°21'N 104°28'W. Formed
1889. Livestock and irrigated agr. area; watered by Pecos R. and Rio
Hondo. Cattle, sheep, rye; alfalfa, hay, chiles, some sorghum, melons,
pecans, cotton, corn, some wheat, millet; dairying. Bitter L. Natl.
Wildlife Refuge, Bottomless Lakes State Park, and Dexter Natl. Fish
Hatchery in S center; small parts of Lincoln Natl. Forest, and N end of
Guadalupe Mts., in SW; Mescalero Sands in E.
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