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Latah County (pron. ) is a county located in the north central region of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,244.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/16/16057.html )〕 The county seat and largest city is Moscow,〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 the home of the University of Idaho, the state's flagship and land-grant university. The county was created in 1888 and named for Latah Creek in its northwest corner. The name is Nez Perce and means "the place of pine trees and pestle," because the tribe found stones here suitable for pulverizing camas roots and shade under the white pine trees in which to work.〔(Idaho.gov - Latah County ) - accessed 2009-06-06〕 Latah County comprises the Moscow, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Pullman-Moscow, WA-ID Combined Statistical Area. The county comprises the majority of the eastern portion of the Palouse, famous for its rolling hills and rich agriculture. Latah County is the only county in the U.S. established by an act of Congress; it was originally part of Nez Perce County, which was reluctant to lose its most populated area.〔(Latah County - history )〕〔 ==History== Latah County has the distinction of being the only county in the United States created by an Act of Congress.〔 Latah and Kootenai County were first created by the act of December 22, 1864, and the two unorganized counties were attached to Nez Perce County until they were organized. The act provided that when fifty or more inhabitants petitioned the governor, he was authorized to appoint three commissioners, until an election could be held. Three separate efforts at county organization failed, due to the opposition of Lewiston, the county seat of Nez Perce County (and the former capital of the Idaho Territory). In 1887, Fred T. Dubois, the Idaho Territory's sole delegate in Congress, was asked to introduce a bill which was passed and approved by President Grover Cleveland on May 14, 1888. The act confirmed the boundaries and named the first board of county commissioners.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Latah County, Idaho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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