Lea County

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administrative territorial entity county

Lea County is a largely rural, oil- and gas-producing county in southeastern New Mexico known for its energy industry and agricultural activities.

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity →
county →
airportServesCity Hobbs →
borderedBy Andrews County, Texas NERFINISHED →
Chaves County, New Mexico →
surface form: Chaves County

Eddy County →
Gaines County, Texas NERFINISHED →
Loving County →
surface form: Loving County, Texas

Roosevelt County →
Winkler County, Texas NERFINISHED →
Yoakum County, Texas NERFINISHED →
containsCity Hobbs →
Lovington →
containsCommunity Crossroads →
Humphreys →
Knowles →
Maljamar →
McDonald →
Monument →
Oil Center →
containsTown Jal →
Tatum →
containsVillage Eunice →
country United States of America →
FIPSCode 35025 →
GNISFeatureID 0907750 →
hasAirport Lea County Regional Airport →
hasCountySeat Lovington →
hasEconomicActivity crop farming →
oil and gas extraction →
ranching →
hasHigherEducationInstitution New Mexico Junior College →
University of the Southwest →
hasLargestCity Hobbs →
hasMetropolitanArea Hobbs micropolitan area →
isRural true →
knownFor agriculture →
energy industry →
natural gas production →
oil production →
locatedIn New Mexico →
locatedInBasin Permian Basin →
locatedInRegion southeastern New Mexico →
namedFor Captain Joseph Calloway Lea →
observesDaylightSavingTime true →
partOf New Mexico →
surface form: State of New Mexico
stateFIPSCode 35 →
subdivisionType county →
timeZone Mountain Time Zone →

Referenced by (2)

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

Chaves County → borders → Lea County →
subject surface form: Eastern New Mexico