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==Geography== According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1644|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1638|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|5.9|sqmi}} (0.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> ===Adjacent counties=== *[[Kiowa County, Colorado|Kiowa County]] (north) *[[Greeley County, Kansas]] (northeast) *[[Hamilton County, Kansas]] (east) *[[Stanton County, Kansas]] (southeast/Central Time border) *[[Baca County, Colorado|Baca County]] (south) *[[Bent County, Colorado|Bent County]] (west) ===Major highways=== * [[File:US 50.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 50 (Colorado)|U.S. Highway 50]] * [[File:US 287.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 287 (Colorado)|U.S. Highway 287]] * [[File:US 385.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 385 (Colorado)|U.S. Highway 385]] * [[File:US 400.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 400 (Colorado)|U.S. Highway 400]] * [[File:Colorado 89.svg|20px]] [[Colorado State Highway 89|State Highway 89]] * [[File:Colorado 196.svg|20px]] [[Colorado State Highway 196|State Highway 196]] ===Trails and byways=== *[[American Discovery Trail]] *[[Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway]] ===Antipode=== Prowers County is home of the [[antipodes|Antipode]] of the [[Indian Ocean]] island of [[Île Amsterdam]] and that island's settlement, [[La Roche Godon]], making it one of the few places in the continental United States with a non-oceanic antipode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/antipode-map/#.VjluTK6rRTa|title=Antipodes Map (AKA Tunnel Map)|website=www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weathergraphics.com/tim/antipode/|title=United States Antipodes|website=www.weathergraphics.com}}</ref> The center of Ile Amsterdam is at 37.8332° S, 77.5505° E; the antipode, 37.8332° N and 102.4495° W is about 10 miles southeast of [[Lamar, Colorado|Lamar]].
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