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Place Name
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Navajo County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Holbrook
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Population
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77,658 (1990)
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Location
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Arizona, United States, North America
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Latitude
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35°23'N
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Longitude
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110°19'W
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Navajo
, county (
9,960 sq mi/25,796 sq km; 1990
pop. 77,658), E Ariz., on Utah (N) state line;  Holbrook;
35°23'N 110°19'W. Nation's 11th-largest co. Agr. (sheep, cattle,
hogs; alfalfa, hay, corn); Native Amer. handicraft; tourist trade. Mt.
area crossed in S by Little Colorado R. Black Mesa in far N, parts of
Painted Desert in N center; part of Petrified Forest Natl. Park on E
border, and parts of Navajo and Hopi Indian reservations cover N
½ of co.; parts of Mogollon Rim escarpment crosses
co. in S, forms border of Apache-Sitgreaves Natl. Forest (N) and Fort
Apache Indian Reservation (S); bounded by Black R. in extreme SE.
Navajo Natl. Monument is in N, near Utah state line. Homolovi Ruins
State Park in W center; Monument Valley, with dramatic buttes, scene in
many movie westerns, in NE. Formed 1895.
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