Marfa

Marfa is a town of 1,600 people in the region of . It's known for two things: innovative art and mysterious lights.
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  • Type: Town with 1,790 residents
  • Description: city in and county seat of Presidio County, Texas, United States
  • Also known as: Jarja”, “Marfa, Texas”, and “Marfa, TX
  • Postal code: 79843

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chinati Foundation.

The Chinati Foundation/La Fundación Chinati is a contemporary art museum located in Marfa, Texas, and based upon the ideas of its founder, artist Donald Judd.

Marfa

Latitude
30.3118° or 30° 18′ 42″ north
Longitude
-104.0231° or 104° 1′ 23″ west
Population
1,790
Elevation
4,685 feet (1,428 metres)
IATA airport code
MRF
United Nations Location Code
US MRF
Open location code
852Q8X6G+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2591103484
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5525775
Wiki­data ID
Q982507
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Marfa” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Marfa, Texas
  • Albanian: Marfa
  • Arabic: مارفا
  • Basque: Marfa
  • Belarusian: Марфа (Тэхас)
  • Belarusian: Марфа
  • Catalan: Marfa
  • Cebuano: Marfa
  • Chechen: Марфа
  • Chinese: Marfa
  • Chinese: 馬爾法 (美國)
  • Chinese: 馬爾法
  • Chinese: 马尔法 (美国)
  • Croatian: Marfa
  • Czech: Marfa
  • Danish: Marfa
  • Dutch: Marfa
  • Egyptian Arabic: مارفا
  • Esperanto: Marfa
  • French: Marfa
  • German: Marfa
  • Gilaki: مارفا
  • Greek: Μάρφα
  • Haitian: Marfa, Texas
  • Haitian: Marfa
  • Hungarian: Marfa
  • Irish: Marfa, Texas
  • Irish: Marfa
  • Italian: Marfa
  • Japanese: マーファ
  • Korean: 마파
  • Ladin: Marfa
  • Latvian: Marfa
  • Malagasy: Marfa, Texas
  • Malagasy: Marfa
  • Min Nan Chinese: Marfa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Marfa
  • Norwegian: Marfa
  • Persian: مارفا، تگزاس
  • Persian: مارفا
  • Polish: Marfa
  • Portuguese: Marfa
  • Russian: Марфа
  • Serbian: Марфа
  • Serbo-Croatian: Marfa, Texas
  • Serbo-Croatian: Marfa
  • Slovak: Marfa
  • Slovenian: Marfa
  • South Azerbaijani: مارفا، تکزاس
  • Spanish: Marfa (Texas)
  • Spanish: Marfa
  • Swedish: Marfa
  • Tatar: Марфа
  • Ukrainian: Марфа
  • Uzbek: Marfa
  • Uzbek: Марфа
  • Vietnamese: Marfa, Texas
  • Vietnamese: Marfa
  • Volapük: Marfa
  • Waray (Philippines): Marfa, Texas
  • Waray (Philippines): Marfa
  • Welsh: Marfa, Texas
  • Welsh: Marfa
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