What is the population of Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico?

Ohkay Owingeh has a population of approximately 1,194 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico located?

Ohkay Owingeh is located in New Mexico, United States, at approximate coordinates 36.0453°, -106.0459°.

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Ohkay Owingeh

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Ohkay Owingeh

Total population

1,194

Founded

1540

Elevation1726 m

Land area9.96 km²

Coordinates36.05°, -106.05°

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Founded

1540

Elevation

1726 m

Area

9.96 km²

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Overview

Ohkay Owingeh, known by its Spanish name as San Juan de los Caballeros, or informally as San Juan Pueblo, a name with official status from 1598 to 2005, is a Tewa pueblo in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined that community as a census-designated place (CDP). Ohkay Owingeh is also the federally recognized tribe of Pueblo people inhabiting the town.

History & geography

History

The pueblo was founded around 1200 AD during the Pueblo III Era. By tradition, the Tewa people moved here from the north, perhaps from the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado, part of a great migration extending into the Pueblo IV Era. In March 1598, conquistador Oñate traveled north from Nueva Galicia accompanied by a caravan of Catholic missionaries, a thousand soldiers, colonists, and Tlaxcalans. The expedition included cattle, sheep, goats, oxen, and horses, and arrived at (place of the mockingbird) in present-day Ohkay Owingeh on July 11, 1598. It was recorded that the people who met him that day were hospitable and offered Yuque Yunque pueblo as guest quarters to Oñate and his party. On July 12, 1598, he baptized and renamed Caypa pueblo (present-day Ohkay Owingeh) as San Juan de los Caballeros, after his patron saint John the Baptist. San Juan de los Caballeros became the first capital of the New Spanish region of Santa Fe de Nuevo Méjico. In local history, it is said the event united the two fragmented families of Caypa and Yuque Yunque. Since their arrival from earlier homelands in the northwest, the two pueblos had been divided by the river, split until the expedition party's arrival. When the community offered Yuque Yunque pueblo on the west bank to Oñate, the two fragmented pueblos were made whole again at Caypa. The Spanish capital would be moved in 1610 to La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís. Po'pay was a local man who rose to be one of the most highly regarded leaders of American Indian history. He would play a major role in the Pueblo Revolt in 1680. Ohkay Owingeh is the headquarters of the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council. The pueblo people are from the Tewa ethnic group of American Indians. It is one of the largest…