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Las Cruces, New Mexico

Northern America

Las Cruces is a city in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, United States, and its county seat. Its population was 111,385 at the 2020 census, the second-most populous city in New Mexico and the largest in both Dona Ana County and southern New Mexico; it is the principal city of the Las Cruces metropolitan statistical area, estimated at about 230,000 residents in 2024, and is also part of the larger El Paso-Las Cruces combined statistical area.

Facts
Population
111,385 1
Area (sq km)
199.5212 2
Founding Year
1849 2
Population Estimate Year
2020 2
Elevation (m)
1191 2
Latitude
32.314028 degrees north 2
Longitude
106.779806 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC-07:00 5
Sources
1. Las Cruces, New Mexico (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    The population was 111,385 at the 2020 census, making it the second-most populous city in New Mexico, and the largest in both Doña Ana County and southern New Mexico.
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Las Cruces, New Mexico (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 32.314028, longitude -106.779806
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 1191 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 199.5212 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1849
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population (2020)
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 32.314,-106.7798
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 1186.0
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.25, -106.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.25, -106.75
32.25 -106.75 BWk
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5. GeoNames: Las Cruces - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 5475352, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.23 km)
Quote, cities500 record 5475352, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.23 km)
32.31232 -106.77834 P PPLA2 US NM 013 101643 1191 1189 America/Denver
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Wikidata: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Wikidata Q33264, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Wikidata: United States
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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