Columbus

Columbus is an incorporated village in , New Mexico, United States, about 3 miles north of the Mexican border. It is considered a place of historical interest, as the scene of a 1916 attack by Mexican general Francisco "Pancho" Villa that caused the United States to send 10,000 troops there in the Mexican Expedition.
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Wikipedia
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  • Town with 1,660 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 4,068 feet (1,240 metres)
  • …has the IATA airport code CUS
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • Description: village in Luna County, New Mexico, United States
  • Postal code: 88029
  • Also known as
    “Christopher Columbus”
    “Colombus”
    “Columbus, New Mexico”
    “Columbus, NM”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Columbus Municipal Airport.
is an abandoned airport in New Mexico.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Puerto Palomas.
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de Villa, also known simply as Palomas or as General Rodrigo M. is situated 4 miles south of Columbus.

Columbus

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Latitude
31.8328° or 31° 49′ 58″ north
Longitude
-107.64023° or 107° 38′ 25″ west
UN/LOCODE
US CUS
Open location code
853JR9M5+4W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 54220598
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5462683
Wiki­data ID
Q1112742

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Columbus” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Columbus, Nieu-Meksiko”
  • Afrikaans: “Columbus”
  • Arabic: “كولومبوس”
  • Basque: “Columbus”
  • Catalan: “Columbus”
  • Cebuano: “Columbus (lungsod sa Estados Unidos, New Mexico)”
  • Cebuano: “Columbus, New Mexico”
  • Cebuano: “Columbus”
  • Chinese: “哥伦布”
  • Chinese: “哥倫布 (新墨西哥州)”
  • Croatian: “Columbus, Novi Meksiko”
  • Croatian: “Columbus”
  • Dutch: “Columbus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلده كولومبوس, الولايات المتحدة”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كولومبوس”
  • French: “Columbus”
  • German: “Columbus”
  • Gilaki: “کؤلؤمبؤس”
  • Hungarian: “Columbus”
  • Italian: “Columbus”
  • Japanese: “コロンバス”
  • Ladin: “Columbus”
  • Ligurian: “Columbus, Neuvo Mescico”
  • Ligurian: “Columbus”
  • Mazanderani: “کلمبوس (نیومکزیکو)”
  • Mazanderani: “کلمبوس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Columbus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Columbus”
  • Norwegian: “Columbus”
  • Persian: “کلمبوس، نیومکزیکو”
  • Persian: “کلمبوس”
  • Portuguese: “Columbus”
  • Russian: “Колумбус”
  • Serbian: “Коламбус (Нови Мексико)”
  • Serbian: “Коламбус”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Columbus, New Mexico”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Columbus”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کلمبوس، نیومکزیکو”
  • Spanish: “Columbus (Nuevo México)”
  • Spanish: “Columbus”
  • Ukrainian: “Коламбус”
  • Urdu: “کولمبس، نیو میکسیکو”
  • Urdu: “کولمبس”
  • Volapük: “Columbus (NM)”
  • Volapük: “Columbus, New Mexico”
  • Volapük: “Columbus, NM”
  • Volapük: “Columbus”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Columbus, New Mexico”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Columbus”
  • Welsh: “Columbus, New Mexico”
  • Welsh: “Columbus”

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