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Place Name
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Hidalgo County
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Pronunciation
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hi-DAHL-go
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Lordsburg
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Population
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5,958 (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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31°55'N
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Longitude
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108°42'W
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Hidalgo
(hi-DAHL-go), county (
3,447 sq mi/8,928 sq km; 1990
pop. 5,958), extreme SW N.Mex.;  Lordsburg; 31°55'N
108°42'W. Watered N by Gila R.; bounded by Ariz. (W) and Mexico
(Sonora and Chihuahuas; S, SE). Cattle, some sheep; chilies,
cotton, hay, alfalfa, some sorghum, wheat, oats, barley, Christmas
trees. Mining (clay, gold, silver, silica) near Lordsburg. Includes
parts of Coronado (SW) and Gila (NE) natl. forests. Continental Divide
in S passes through Animas Mts. and part of Pyramid Mts. Formed 1919.
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