Southwest
New Mexico
Rio Arriba

Tierra Amarilla

Tierra Amarilla is a census-designated place in and the county seat of , , United States. Tierra Amarilla is Spanish for "Yellow Earth".
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  • Type: Village with 382 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in and county seat of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States
  • Also known as: “Las Nutrias”, “Litsoi”, “Nantsejiwebu’u *”, “Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico”, and “Tierra Amarilla, NM”
  • Postal code: 87575

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sanchez-March House and Teodoro Martinez House.

Building
Photo: Marchrichard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , is a historic house in , , United States, that was built around 1880 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Tierra Amarilla.

Building
The , near , was built around 1900. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The listing included two contributing buildings. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Tierra Amarilla.

Building
The , near , was built in 1930. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is located 30 feet east of the Los Ojos Road and 0.3 miles north of La Puente Church, just above the first dropoff from the river. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Tierra Amarilla.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Los Ojos and La Puente Historic District.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in , , United States. Its population was 125 as of the 2010 census. has a with ZIP code 87551, which opened on February 7, 1877. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Tierra Amarilla.

Hamlet
The in La Puente, New Mexico, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. is situated 3 miles west of Tierra Amarilla.

Hamlet
The , in Plaza Blanca, , United States, is a 19 acres historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The listing included 17 contributing buildings. is situated 3½ miles west of Tierra Amarilla.

Tierra Amarilla

Latitude
36.70014° or 36° 42′ 1″ north
Longitude
-106.54974° or 106° 32′ 59″ west
Population
382
Elevation
7,530 feet (2,295 metres)
Open location code
858MPF22+34
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151508295
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5494507
Wiki­data ID
Q1221066
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Volapük—“Tierra Amarilla” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Tierra Amarilla”
  • Cebuano: “Tierra Amarilla”
  • Chechen: “Тьерра-Амарилья”
  • Chinese: “鐵拉阿馬里亞”
  • French: “Tierra Amarilla”
  • German: “Tierra Amarilla”
  • Gilaki: “تیرا آماریلا”
  • Hungarian: “Tierra Amarilla”
  • Irish: “Tierra Amarilla”
  • Italian: “Tierra Amarilla”
  • Japanese: “ティエラアマリーリャ”
  • Ladin: “Tierra Amarilla”
  • Navajo: “Łitsooí”
  • Persian: “تیرا آماریلا، نیومکزیکو”
  • Persian: “تیرا آماریلا”
  • Polish: “Tierra Amarilla”
  • Romanian: “Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico”
  • Romanian: “Tierra Amarilla”
  • Russian: “Тьерра-Амарилья”
  • Serbian: “Тијера Амарила (Нови Мексико)”
  • Serbian: “Тијера Амарила”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tierra Amarilla”
  • Slovenian: “Tierra Amarilla”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تیرا آماریلا، نیومکزیکو”
  • Spanish: “Tierra Amarilla (Nuevo México)”
  • Spanish: “Tierra Amarilla”
  • Swedish: “Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico”
  • Swedish: “Tierra Amarilla”
  • Tatar: “Тьерра-Амарилья”
  • Ukrainian: “Тьєрра-Амарилья”
  • Volapük: “Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico”
  • Volapük: “Tierra Amarilla”

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