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Place Name
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Curry County
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Pronunciation
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KUHR-ee
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Clovis
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Population
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42,207 (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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34°34'N
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Longitude
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103°20'W
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Curry
(KUHR-ee), county ( 1,407 sq
mi/3,644 sq km; 1990 pop. 42,207), E N.Mex.;  Clovis;
34°34'N 103°20'W. Drained by Blanco Creek. Cattle, dairying, sheep,
peanuts, potatoes, cotton, corn, sorghum, hay, alfalfa, wheat,
pumpkins, peas, spinach, cabbage, green beans, blue corn, triticale,
caliche. Formed 1909. Bordering on Texas (E),
Central/Mountain time zone boundary; N.Mex. is in Mountain
time zone. Blackwater Draw Natl. Archaeological Site in S; Cannon Air
Force Base in S.
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