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Las Cruces is a city located in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,267, making it the second largest city in the state. Las Cruces is the center of an agricultural region irrigated by the Rio Grande, which flows through the city. Las Cruces is also the home of New Mexico State University. NMSU is New Mexico's only land-grant institution, citing more than 23,000 graduate and undergraduate students on the main campus and four branch campuses. The Organ Mountains are to the east of the city. Las Cruces has a city manager mayor-council form of government. It is the county seat of Doña Ana CountyGR6. Doña Ana County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ...
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The Rio Grande flowing in Big Bend National Park Known as the Rio Grande in the United States and as the RÃo Bravo (or, more formally, the RÃo Bravo del Norte) in Mexico, the river, 3034 km long, rises in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, USA, flows...
New Mexico State University, or NMSU, is a land-grant university that has its main campus in Las Cruces, New Mexico. ...
The Organ Mountains are a rugged mountain range on the east side of Las Cruces in Doña Ana county of the southern New Mexico. ...
A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ...
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Doña Ana County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ...
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Las Cruces is also home to the annual Whole Enchilada Fiesta. The fiesta's main attraction is the creation of a very large(on average 10 feet in diameter) flat red enchilada by local restaurant owner Roberto Estrada. Besides this, the fiesta offers live music, rides, food vendors, and other attractions typical of fairs. In fact, the Southern New Mexico State Fair is usually held only a few days after the end of the Whole Enchilada Fiesta. The fiesta's mascot, "Twefie"(taken from the abbreviation of the fiesta's name) is a large red chile pepper wearing a sombrero. At the 2004 event, the Guinness Book of Records confirmed that Estrada had made the world's largest flat enchilada. (There was a pre-existing record for world's longest rolled enchilada, but not for world's largest flat enchilada.) An enchilada is a traditional Mexican dish. ...
A fair is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. ...
The chile pepper, chili pepper, or chilli pepper, or simply chile, is the fruit of the plant Capsicum from the nightshade family, Solanaceae. ...
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History
Las Cruces' name (Spanish for "the crosses") has been a disputed topic amongst historians. The most common theory is that in 1830, there was an Apache massacre of a party of nine travelers, including a Mexican Army General, a priest, and five choir boys. Only one choir boy survived the massacre, and buried the others, marking the graves with crosses. The area became known as "El Pueblo del Jardín de Las Cruces." ("The Village of the Garden of the Crosses) The nearby village of Mesilla was founded in 1848 by settlers from Doña Ana, a village just north of the newly established U.S.-Mexico border, who wished to stay in Mexican territory after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that year. However in 1853, the region was incorporated into the United States with the Gadsden Purchase. Las Cruces was incorporated as a city in 1907. Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
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Mesilla is a town located in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. ...
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The international border between Mexico and the United States runs a total of 3,141 km (1,951 miles) from San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Baja California, in the west to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Brownsville, Texas, in the east. ...
The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered by the United States to the north, and Belize and Guatemala to the southeast. ...
The Mexican Cession (red) and the Gadsden Purchase (orange) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848. ...
1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
The Gadsden Purchase (shown with present-day state boundaries and cities) The Gadsden Purchase is a 29,640 mi² (77,700 km²) region of what is today southern Arizona and New Mexico that was purchased by the United States from Mexico in 1853. ...
1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
The completion of the Elephant Butte Dam and Reservoir to the north of the city in 1916 provided water for agriculture and electricity for urban development. Since World War II the growth of the nearby White Sands Missile Range and its National Aeronautics and Space Administration facilities added greatly to the local economy. // Elephant Butt Elephant Butt is named for its supposed resemblance to the butt of an elephant. ...
1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...
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White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), formerly known as the White Sands Proving Grounds, is located in a valley between the Organ Mountains and the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico. ...
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Geography
 Las Cruces is located at 32°19′11″N, 106°45′55″W (32.319693, -106.765157)GR1. Elevation 4000 ft or 1219 m above sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 135.2 km² (52.2 mi²). 134.9 km² (52.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.25% water. Image File history File links Adapted from Wikipedias NM county maps by Seth Ilys. ...
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Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 74,267 people, 29,184 households, and 18,123 families residing in the city. The population density is 550.5/km² (1,425.7/mi²). There are 31,682 housing units at an average density of 234.8/km² (608.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 69.01% White, 2.34% African American, 1.74% Native American, 1.16% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 21.59% from other races, and 4.10% from two or more races. 51.73% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There are 29,184 households out of which 30.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.3% are married couples living together, 15.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 37.9% are non-families. 27.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.46 and the average family size is 3.05. To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ...
In the city the population is spread out with 25.1% under the age of 18, 16.0% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $30,375, and the median income for a family is $37,670. Males have a median income of $30,923 versus $21,759 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,704. 23.3% of the population and 17.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 30.7% of those under the age of 18 and 9.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
Map of countries showing percentage of population living in poverty The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...
Education Las Cruces Public Schools, the school district website. - Colleges
- High schools
- Las Cruces High School
- Onate High School
- Mayfield High School is known to have a long standing football rivalry with Las Cruces High School.
Downtown Most Las Crucens would agree that the modern "heart" of the city, where most stores and restaurants are located, is the area running down Telshor Boulevard and Lohman Avenue. Las Cruces' only shopping mall and a variety of retail stores and restaurants are located in this area. However, the historic downtown of the city is the area around Main Street, a six-block stretch of which was closed off in 1973 to form the "Downtown Mall", a pedestrianized shopping area. The downtown mall has a farmers market each weekend where many different foods and cultural item can be purchased from small stands that are set up by locals. It also contains many different buisness chruches and theaters which add a great deal of character to Las Curces by continuing to exist in the historic downtown. Plans to re-open the mall to vehicular traffic have drawn criticism from people who feel the project will be too costly and from others who enjoy the aesthetics of the pedestrian mall. Nevertheless, the mall's north and south entrances have been torn down. Furthermore, in August 2005, a master plan was adopted, the centerpiece of which is the restoration of two-way traffic to Main Street.
Airport Las Cruces has an airport, Las Cruces International Airport (LRU), although there have been no scheduled flights to this airport since Westward Airways ceased operations. Its facilities are meager at best. The airport is used by private charters and the local CAP squadron. Most Las Crucens wanting to travel by air either drive or take shuttle buses to El Paso International Airport or Albuquerque International Sunport. Civil Air Patrol seal The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF). ...
El Paso International Airport is an airport in El Paso, Texas. ...
Albuquerque International Sunport (IATA: ABQ, ICAO: KABQ) is a public airport located 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Albuquerque, in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. ...
Points of interest The A. R. Leding Cactus Garden is a desert botanical garden specializing in cactus. ...
New Mexico State University, or NMSU, is a land-grant university that has its main campus in Las Cruces, New Mexico. ...
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