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Place Name
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Artesia
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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10,610 (1990)
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Location
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Eddy County, New Mexico (NM), United States, North America
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Latitude
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32°51'N
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Longitude
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104°25'W
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Artesia
, city (1990 pop. 10,610), Eddy co., SE
N.Mex., 40 mi/64 km S of Roswell, just W of
the Pecos R.; 32°51'N 104°25'W. Elev.
3,380 ft/1,030 m. In an oil, gas, farm, and
livestock area. Artesian wells, under tremendous pressure from confined
acquifers extending from the nearby Sacramento and Guadalupe Mts.,
irrigate a large area. Mfg. (printing and publishing, plastic pipes).
Lake McMillan Reservoir to S. Laid out in 1903, inc. 1939
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