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Orofino (''"fine gold"'' () in Spanish) is a city in Clearwater County, Idaho, along Orofino Creek and the north bank of the Clearwater River. The population was 3,142 at the 2010 census, and the city is the county seat of Clearwater County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 It is the major city within the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. Nearby is the historical "Canoe Camp," where the Lewis and Clark expedition built five new dugout canoes and embarked on October 7, 1805, downstream to the Pacific Ocean. Just north of town is the Dworshak National Fish Hatchery and the Dworshak Dam, third-highest dam in the United States, completed in the early 1970s. Originally the name was two words, Oro Fino, applied to a gold mining camp established in 1861 two miles (3 km) south of Pierce; it is now a ghost town. When the US government opened up the Nez Perce reservation to non-tribal settlers in 1895, Clifford Fuller set up a trading post on his new homestead. The town (Orofino-on-the-Clearwater) was established the next year. The railroad, later part of the Camas Prairie Railroad, was constructed from Lewiston in 1899.〔''Idaho for the Curious'', by Cort Conley, ©1982, ISBN 0-9603566-3-0, p.95-97〕 Orofino is home to both the Idaho Correctional Institution - Orofino and Idaho State Hospital North. These two facilities are located adjacent to Orofino High School, which now includes the junior high grades. The school mascot is a "Maniac," and this is one of only two high schools in the country with that nickname. Orofino hosts the annual July 4 Celebration, as well as the Clearwater County Fair and Lumberjack Days in late summer. Each spring, the annual Boomershoot is held nearby. ==Geography== Orofino is located at (46.485485, -116.258847). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt )〕 The climate in the area is ranked as among the hottest in the summer and the mildest in the winter throughout the entire state due to its relatively low elevation. In addition, the moderate winters are the result of its northwestern location, which places it closer to the Pacific Ocean than many other parts of Idaho. Idaho's all-time highest temperature of 118 °F (48 °C) was recorded at Orofino on July 28, 1934. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Orofino has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Due to its warm summers, it nearly qualifies as a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). 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「Orofino, Idaho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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