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Place Name
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Quanah
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Pronunciation
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KWAH-nuh
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Capital Of
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Hardeman County
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Population
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3,413 (1990)
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Location
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Hardeman County, Texas (TX), United States, North America
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Latitude
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34°17'N
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Longitude
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99°44'W
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Quanah
(KWAH-nuh), town (1990 pop. 3,413),  Hardeman
co., N Texas, near Red R. (Okla. border), and
75 mi/121 km WNW of Wichita Falls; 34°17'N
99°44'W. Elev. 1,568 ft/478 m. RR junction
in rich irrigated wheat, cotton, cattle area; mfg. (plasterboard,
wallboard, cattle feed). L. Pauline (fishing, hunting), Medicine Mound
(Native Amer. relics) to SE; L. Copper Breaks and Copper Breaks State
Park to S. Founded 1886, inc. 1887.
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