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about Las Cruces

Las Cruces is a city located in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,267, making the city the second largest 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. 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 County.

Las Cruces geography

Las Cruces is located at 32°19'11" North, 106°45'55" West (32.319693, -106.765157). 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.

Las Cruces history

Las Cruces's name (Spanish for "the crossings") has been the subject of controversy during recent times. Some groups claim that the common, but inaccurate, translation of "the crosses" which many believe to be in memory of an Apache massacre of a party of forty travellers on the site in 1830, is not justification for an abundance of cross-based logos with the classic "three cross" configuration of Christian-based religous groups,in use by the City of Las Cruces. The nearby village of Mesilla was founded in 1848 by settlers from northern New Mexico 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.

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 devolopment. 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.

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