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Keno City | |
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| Nickname: Keno | |
  Keno City | |
| Coordinates: 63°54′33″N 135°18′15″W / 63.90917°N 135.30417°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Yukon |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 24 |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
Keno City is a small community in Yukon, Canada at the end of the Silver Trail highway. Keno City was the site of a former silver-lead mining area proximal to Keno Hill. Keno City is 13 kilometres away from Elsa, Yukon, which is owned by Hecla mining who currently own and operate the various Ag-Pb-Zn deposits in the Keno Hill area. Rich silver and lead ore deposits were found on Keno Hill in 1919, and since then the population of the community has fluctuated in response to the mining activity in the area. When in 1989 United Keno Hill closed the mines, literally overnight, the people in the Keno area who decided to stay chose a more sustainable economy: tourism. They successfully marketed Keno City as a quiet, tranquil community.[1]