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Place Name
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Colusa County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Colusa
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Population
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16,275 (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°11'N
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Longitude
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122°14'W
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Colusa
, county (
1,151 sq mi/2,981 sq km; 1990
pop. 16,275), N central Calif.;  Colusa; 39°11'N 122°14'W.
Rises from lowlands of Sacramento and Colusa rivers (E boundary formed
by Sacramento and Butte rivers) to Coast Ranges in W. Farming (rice,
beans, wheat, oats, barley, corn, sugar beets, almonds, walnuts,
tomatoes); cattle raising. Sand and gravel quarrying. Hunting
(waterfowl, pheasant, deer). Tehama Colusa Canal (irrigation) passes
N-S through center of co.; East Park Reservoir (Stony R.) in NW;
Colus-Sacramento River State Recreation Area in NE, N of Colusa.
Includes part of Mendocino Natl. Forest (NW); Sacramento Natl. Wildlife
Refuge (N); Delevan Natl. Wildlife Refuge in NE, Colusa Natl. Wildlife
Refuge in E center. Formed 1850.
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