Velarde
Velarde is a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Velarde had a population of 514. Velarde is located on New Mexico State Road 68, in the Rio Grande Rift, at the point where the road enters the Rio Grande Gorge.- Type: Hamlet with 502 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States
- Also known as: “La Hoya”, “La Jolla”, “La Joya”, “Phahu’bu’u”, “Tsigubu’u”, “Velarde (Nuevo México)”, “Velarde, New Mexico”, and “Velarde, NM”
- Postal code: 87582
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canova and Lyden.
Lyden
Hamlet
Lyden is an unincorporated community and… Lyden is situated 2 miles southwest of Velarde.
Embudo
Hamlet
Embudo is an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Embudo is situated 3½ miles north of Velarde.
Velarde
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Rio Arriba, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.15888° or 36° 9′ 32″ north
Longitude
-105.97471° or 105° 58′ 29″ west
Population
502
Elevation
5,761 feet (1,756 metres)
Open location code
858P525G+H4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Velarde” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Velarde”
- Chechen: “Веларде”
- Chinese: “貝拉爾德 (新墨西哥州)”
- Chinese: “貝拉爾德”
- French: “Velarde”
- German: “Velarde”
- Gilaki: “ولا رد”
- Irish: “Velarde”
- Italian: “Velarde”
- Ladin: “Velarde”
- Polish: “Velarde”
- Serbian: “Velarde, New Mexico”
- Serbian: “Velarde”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Velarde, New Mexico”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Velarde”
- Spanish: “Velarde”
- Tatar: “Веларде”
- Ukrainian: “Веларде”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: La Cienega and La Junta.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Velarde on the Camino Real Historical Marker and Velarde Post Office.
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