|
|
|
Place Name
|
Deming
|
|
Pronunciation
|
DEM-eeng
|
|
Place Status (Type)
|
city
|
|
Capital Of
|
Luna County
|
|
Population
|
10,970 (1990)
|
|
Location
|
Luna County, New Mexico (NM), United States, North America
|
|
Latitude
|
32°15'N
|
|
Longitude
|
107°45'W
|
Deming
(DEM-eeng), city (1990 pop. 10,970),  Luna co.,
SW N.Mex., on Mimbres R., 85 mi/137 km NW of
El Paso, Texas (TX); 32°15'N 107°45'W. Elev.
4,337 ft/1,322 m. RR junction; trade center in
grain and livestock region; cattle, cotton, chile and jalapeno
peppers, vegetables, beans, grain, corn, sorghum, alfalfa, grapes,
melons, fruit, nuts; mfg. (food and beverages). Mining dist. (copper,
zinc) to NW in Grant co.; fluorspar deposits. Mimbres R., flowing
underground here, is tapped for irrigation and drinking water.
Continental Divide runs N-S c.20 mi/32 km to
W; City of Rocks State Park to NW; Rock Hound State Park , in Fla.
Mts., to SE; S end of Mimbre Mts., including Cooke's Peak, to NE.
Settled 1880, inc. 1902.
|
