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Place Name
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Cibola County
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Pronunciation
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SEE-bo-luh
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Grants
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Population
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23,794 (1990)
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Location
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Valencia County, New Mexico (NM), United States, North America
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Latitude
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34°55'N
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Longitude
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107°59'W
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Cibola
(SEE-bo-luh), county (
4,542 sq mi/11,764 sq km; 1990
pop. 23,794), W N.Mex.;  Grants; 34°55'N 107°59'W. Created
1981 from Valencia co. Cattle, sheep; hay, alfalfa, triticale, some
wheat, oats, barley, rye. Uranium, gypsum. Bounded on W by Ariz.
Drained by Rio San Jose. Part of San Mateo Mts. in NE, part of Zuni
Mts. in NW. Parts of Cibola Natl. Forest in NW and NE. Acoma and parts
of Laguna and Canoncito Indian Reservations in W. El Morro Natl.
Monument (Inscription Rock) in W; El Malpais Natl. Monument and lava
field, La Ventura Natural Arch and Bandera Volcano and Ice Caves at
center. Bluewater L. State Park on N border. Continental Divide runs
N-S through W center of co.
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