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Buffalo County, Nebraska, USAi
Regional Level Types
Buffalo CountyCounty
NebraskaState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Kearney33,021 (2017)
Gibbon1,879 (2017)
Ravenna1,373 (2017)
Shelton1,064 (2017)
Elm Creek958 (2017)
Pleasanton349 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
288795
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:288795:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
comté de Buffalo, Nebraska, États-Unis
German:
Buffalo County, Nebraska, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Buffalo, Nebraska, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Баффало, Небраска, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
水牛縣, 內布拉斯加州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Buffalo, Nebraska, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Buffalo County, Nebraska, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة بفلو, نبراسكا, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Բուֆալո շրջան, Նեբրասկա, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Buffalo konderria , Nebraska
Bavarian:
Buffalo County, Nebraska, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
বাফেলো কাউন্টি, নেব্রাস্কা, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Бъфало, Небраска, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Buffalo County, Nebraska
Czech:
Buffalo County, Nebraska, Spojené státy americké
Dutch:
Buffalo County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان بوفالو، نبراسکا, نبراسکا, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Georgian:
ბუფალოს ოლქი, ნებრასკა, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hungarian:
Buffalo megye, Nebraska, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
バッファロー郡, ネブラスカ州, アメリカ合衆国
Low Saxon/Low German:
Buffalo County, Nebraska, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Buffalo Gông, Nebraska
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Buffalo Kūn
Norwegian:
Buffalo County, Nebraska, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Buffalo, Nebraska, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Buffalo, Nebraska, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Buffalo, Nebraska, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Buffalo, Nebraska, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Scottish Gaelic:
Buffalo County, Nebraska, Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Округ Буфало, Небраска, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Buffalo County, Nebraska, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Buffalo County, Nebraska, USA
Traditional Chinese:
水牛縣, 內布拉斯加州, 美國
Turkish:
Buffalo County, Nebraska, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Баффало, Небраска, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
بفیلو کاؤنٹی، نیبراسکا, نیبراسکا, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Buffalo, Nebraska, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Buffalo, Nebraska, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
بوفیلو کاؤنٹی،نیبراسکا, نیبراسکا, امریکہ


Buffalo County is in south-central Nebraska, bounded on the south by the Platte River. The county seat is Kearney. It was named for the once-prevalent buffalo herds.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz
var. Agate
4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘvar. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘ4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘvar. Fortification Agate4.DA.05SiO2

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OOxygen
Oⓘ Quartz var. AgateSiO2
Oⓘ Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Quartz var. Fortification AgateSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Quartz var. AgateSiO2
Siⓘ Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ Quartz var. Fortification AgateSiO2

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_County,_Nebraska
Wikidata ID:Q484488
GeoNames ID:5064837

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