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Las Vegas
Sign in to saveAlso known as Las Vegas, New Mexico, Las Vegas, NM, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Las Vegas Grande, Senora de Los Dolores de Las Vegas
city in and county seat of San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- San Miguel
- Type
- Mayor-council government
- Mayor
- David Romero
- City manager
- Robert A Anaya
- Total
- 8.63 sq mi (22.34 km )
- Land
- 8.62 sq mi (22.33 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 6,441 ft (1,963 m)
- Density
- 1,527.0/sq mi (589.59/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−06:00 ( MDT )
- Zip codes
- 87701, 87745
- Fips code
- 35-39940
- Website
- lasvegasnm.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
City of Las Vegas Government | Las Vegas | 1700 North Grand Avenue, Las Vegas, NM, USA
Our city government provides essential services to enhance community life, including maintaining infrastructure like roads and waste management, ensuring public safety and emergency services, supporting local businesses and job creation, and managing public transit and road safety. Each department collaborates to serve the residents of Las Vegas, ensuring safety, education, economic opportunity, and well-being.
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Encyclopedic overview
Las Vegas is a city in the state of New Mexico in the United States. It is the county seat of San Miguel County. Las Vegas was once two separate municipalities, one named West Las Vegas ("Old Town") and one named East Las Vegas ("New Town"). They were separated by the Gallinas River and still retain distinct characters and separate school districts. Las Vegas is home to New Mexico Highlands University.
The city's population was 13,166 at the official 2020 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Las Vegas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.