La Cueva
La Cueva is a census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 168 as of the 2010 census. New Mexico State Road 126 passes through the community.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 168 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States
- Also known as: “La Cueva, NM” and “La Cueva, Sandoval County, New Mexico”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fenton Hill Observatory.
Fenton Hill Observatory
Observatory
Fenton Hill Observatory is an astronomical research facility operated by Los Alamos National Laboratory in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico, about 35 miles west of Los Alamos. Fenton Hill Observatory is situated 2 miles west of La Cueva.
La Cueva
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Sandoval, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.87236° or 35° 52′ 21″ northLongitude
-106.64287° or 106° 38′ 34″ westPopulation
168Elevation
7,680 feet (2,341 metres)Open location code
857MV9C4+WVOpenStreetMap ID
node 7259818937OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
8478319Wikidata ID
Q9018477
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Ukrainian—“La Cueva” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Ла-Куева”
- Chinese: “拉奎瓦 (新墨西哥州桑多瓦爾縣)”
- Chinese: “拉奎瓦”
- French: “La Cueva”
- Irish: “La Cueva”
- Ladin: “La Cueva”
- Persian: “لاکوا، شهرستان سندووال، نیومکزیکو”
- Persian: “لاکوا”
- Polish: “La Cueva”
- Serbian: “La Cueva, New Mexico”
- Serbian: “La Cueva”
- Serbo-Croatian: “La Cueva, New Mexico”
- Serbo-Croatian: “La Cueva”
- Spanish: “La Cueva”
- Tatar: “Ла-Куева”
- Ukrainian: “Ла-Куева”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include La Cueva Fire Station 51 - La Cueva and Jemez Mountain Baptist Church.
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