Cuchillo
Cuchillo, originally known as Cuchillo Negro, is an unincorporated community in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. It was named for Apache chieftain Baishan, known by his Spanish name Cuchillo Negro "Black Knife", who was killed in a skirmish with American troops in 1857.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lachlan Donald, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in United States of America
- Also known as: “Cuchillo, New Mexico” and “Cuchillo, NM”
Cuchillo
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Sierra, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.23591° or 33° 14′ 9″ northLongitude
-107.36059° or 107° 21′ 38″ westElevation
4,780 feet (1,457 metres)Open location code
855J6JPQ+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 151350881OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Cuchillo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “庫奇略 (新墨西哥州)”
- Chinese: “庫奇略”
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