Tortugas, New Mexico

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Tortugas, New Mexico is a small unincorporated community near Las Cruces known for its annual Our Lady of Guadalupe fiesta and traditional Native and Hispanic cultural celebrations.

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instanceOf census-designated place
unincorporated community
celebratesOn Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
celebrationMonth December
country United States
county Doña Ana County
ethnicCommunity Hispano residents
Piro-Manso-Tiwa descendants
GNISFeatureClass populated place
governanceForm unincorporated
hasAnnualEvent Our Lady of Guadalupe fiesta
procession to Tortugas Mountain
traditional matachines dances
hasAreaCode 575
hasCulturalHeritage Hispanic
Native American
hasLandmark Our Lady of Guadalupe church (Tortugas)
Tortugas Mountain
hasPostalCode 88001
knownFor Native and Hispanic cultural celebrations
Our Lady of Guadalupe fiesta
traditional religious pilgrimages
locatedInPhysiographicProvince Rio Grande Valley
linked to: Rio Grande valley
locatedInRegion Mesilla Valley
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone
locatedNear Las Cruces, New Mexico
partOfMetropolitanArea Las Cruces metropolitan area
primaryLanguage English
Spanish
religiousTradition Roman Catholic
linked to: Roman Catholicism
state New Mexico

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Dona Ana County, New Mexico containsCommunity Tortugas, New Mexico