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Place Name
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Pueblo County
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Pronunciation
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PWEB-lo
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Pueblo
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Population
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123,051 (1990)
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Location
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Colorado, United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°08'N
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Longitude
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104°30'W
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Pueblo
(PWEB-lo), county (
2,397 sq mi/6,208 sq km; 1990
pop. 123,051), S central Colo.;  Pueblo; 38°08'N 104°30'W.
Industrial and irrigated agr. area; cattle; wheat, hay, beans, sorghum,
corn. Mfg. (foods, machinery, transportation equip., electronic equip.,
bldg. prods., fabricated metal prods., plastic prods., fuel oil,
beverages, vinyl prods., consumer goods; printing and publishing).
Drained by Arkansas, St. Charles rivers at Pueblo. Apishapa R. in SE.
Includes part of San Isabel Natl. Forest; Pueblo Reservoir and Pueblo
State Park in W; part of Fort Carson Military Reserve in NW. Pueblo
Ordnance Depot and U.S. Dept. of Transportation High Speed Test Center
in NE. Formed 1861.
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