Capitan
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village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Lincoln
- Total
- 3.26 sq mi (8.44 km )
- Land
- 3.26 sq mi (8.44 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 6,400 ft (1,950 m)
- Density
- 426.8/sq mi (164.78/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 35-11800
- Gnis feature id
- 0923574
- Website
- villageofcapitan .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Capitan is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located north of the Lincoln National Forest between the Capitan and Sacramento Mountains at an elevation of 6,350 feet (1,950 m). As of the 2020 census, Capitan had a population of 1,391. Capitan was founded in the 1890s and incorporated in 1941.
Aerial view of Capitan in 1941
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Capitan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.