Chaves County

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administrative division county

Chaves County is a county in southeastern New Mexico best known for its seat, the city of Roswell, and its association with the famous 1947 UFO incident.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
county ⓘ
borders De Baca County ⓘ
Eddy County ⓘ
Guadalupe County ⓘ
Lea County ⓘ
Lincoln County ⓘ
Otero County, New Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Otero County
contains Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
Bottomless Lakes State Park ⓘ
Dexter ⓘ
Hagerman ⓘ
Lake Arthur ⓘ
Midway ⓘ
Roswell ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countySeat Roswell ⓘ
economyIncludes agriculture ⓘ
dairy farming ⓘ
oil and gas production ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasAreaCharacteristic mostly rural ⓘ
hasCountySeat Roswell ⓘ
hasFeature semi-arid climate ⓘ
hasGovernmentType county government ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Roswell Air Center ⓘ
surface form: Roswell International Air Center
hasLandUse irrigated farming ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
hasNotableEventAssociation 1947 Roswell UFO incident ⓘ
surface form: 1947 Roswell incident
hasPostalAbbreviationState NM ⓘ
hasTransportation New Mexico State Road 13 ⓘ
New Mexico State Road 2 ⓘ
U.S. Route 285 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 380 ⓘ
U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasUFOAssociation 1947 Roswell UFO incident ⓘ
knownFor Roswell UFO tourism ⓘ
largestCity Roswell ⓘ
locatedIn New Mexico ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision New Mexico's 2nd congressional district ⓘ
surface form: New Mexico’s 2nd congressional district
locatedInRegion southeastern New Mexico ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
namedAfter Jose Francisco Chaves ⓘ
partOf New Mexico ⓘ
surface form: State of New Mexico
state New Mexico ⓘ
subdivisionType county ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ

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eastern New Mexico → includesCounty → Chaves County ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern New Mexico