Tortugas Pueblo
Tortugas, New Mexico | |
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Tortugas Location within New Mexico Tortugas Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 32°16′11″N 106°45′10″W / 32.26972°N 106.75278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Doña Ana |
| Founded | 1852 |
| Elevation | 3,904 ft (1,190 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 579 |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (Mountain) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (DST) |
| GNIS feature ID | 2806700 |
Tortugas Pueblo or Tortugas, New Mexico is a community in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, just outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 579.
Tortugas Pueblo, as it is commonly referred to as, was the area of land that was granted to tribal members of the Piro, Manso, and Tiwa tribe in Las Cruces.