Dolores County, Colorado

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Dolores County, Colorado is a sparsely populated rural county in the southwestern part of the state, known for its rugged San Juan Mountains, high desert landscapes, and historic mining and agricultural communities.

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Label Occurrences
Dolores County, Colorado canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borders Montezuma County, Colorado
Montezuma County, Utah
San Juan County, Colorado
San Juan County, Utah
San Miguel County, Colorado
capital Dove Creek, Colorado
containsHistoricCommunity Rico, Colorado
containsProtectedArea Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
San Juan National Forest
containsRiver Dolores River
containsSettlement Dove Creek, Colorado
Rico, Colorado
country United States of America
countySeat Dove Creek, Colorado
FIPSCode 08033
GNISID 01934326
hasCharacteristic rural
sparsely populated
hasClimate semi-arid
hasGovernmentType county government
hasHighestElevationFeature San Juan Mountains
hasHistoricalActivity agriculture
mining
hasHistoricIndustry hard-rock mining
hasLandscape canyons
high desert
rugged mountains
hasPopulationDensity very low
hasPrimaryCrop pinto beans
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity cattle ranching
dryland farming
tourism
hasRoad Colorado State Highway 141
Colorado State Highway 145
U.S. Route 491 NERFINISHED
isLandlocked true
locatedIn Colorado
Southwestern Colorado
locatedInMountainRange San Juan Mountains
locatedInRegion Four Corners region
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone
namedAfter Dolores River
observesDaylightSavingTime true
partOf United States state of Colorado
linked to: Colorado
subdivisionOf State of Colorado
linked to: Colorado

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southwestern Colorado contains Dolores County, Colorado
subject linked to: southwestern Colorado
San Miguel County, Colorado borders Dolores County, Colorado
Gunnison National Forest containsPartOf Dolores County, Colorado
Dolores River flowsThrough Dolores County, Colorado
Lizard Head Wilderness locatedInAdministrativeEntity Dolores County, Colorado
Montezuma County, Colorado borders Dolores County, Colorado
San Juan County, Colorado borders Dolores County, Colorado
Colorado State Highway 141 passesThrough Dolores County, Colorado
Colorado State Highway 145 region Dolores County, Colorado
Rico, Colorado locatedIn Dolores County, Colorado
Rico, Colorado isCountySeatOf Dolores County, Colorado
River of Sorrows flowsThroughCounty Dolores County, Colorado