Tortugas

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Tortugas Pueblo or Tortugas, New Mexico is a community in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, just outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 579.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Tortugas, NM from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Anwar al-Awlaki

American-Yemeni imam and suspected Islamist extremist (1971–2011)

Jerry Apodaca

American politician (1934–2023)

Pamela Burford

American novelist

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Patricia Ryan

American writer

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Austin Trout

American boxer

Edgar Castillo

Mexican-American soccer player

Constancio Miranda Weckmann

Mexican archbishop

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Warren Lambert Wagner

American botanist (1950 - )

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

poet, novelist and writer from the United States

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William Bowers

American writer (1916–1987)

Bob Pacheco

American politician

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Chuck Franco

American politician

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Dave Lopez

American politician

David Campos Guaderrama

United States District Judge

Denise Chavez

American writer

Doug Eddings

baseball umpire from the United States

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in New Mexico

• University Park
  0.7 mi away · pop. 2,782
• San Pablo
  1.4 mi away
• Mesilla
  3.2 mi away
• Fairacres
  5.4 mi away
• San Ysidro
  6.9 mi away
• Picacho Hills
  7.9 mi away
• San Miguel
  8.2 mi away
• Doña Ana
  9.3 mi away
• La Mesa
  10.4 mi away
• Vado
  11.3 mi away · pop. 2,895
• Organ
  13.9 mi away · pop. 152
• White Sands
  17.8 mi away · pop. 1,609

Browse all places in New Mexico →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Tortugas

Dancing with the Virgin

Deidre Sklar · 2001

Dancing with the virgin : body and faith in the fiesta of Tortugas, New Mexico

Tortuga

Rudolfo A. Anaya · 1979

Sediment-trap efficiency of Tortugas Arroyo near Las Cruces, New Mexico, water years 1963-1974

D. E. Funderburg · 1977

Las Cruces country II

Greg H. Mack · 1998

The matachines dance

Sylvia Rodríguez · 1996

Journey to planet Earth

Marilyn Weiner · 2009

Collected papers in honor of Bertha Pauline Dutton

Bertha P. Dutton · 1979

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