Sierra County, New Mexico

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Sierra County, New Mexico is a sparsely populated county in south-central New Mexico known for its desert landscapes, the Elephant Butte Reservoir, and proximity to the Spaceport America facility.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sierra County, New Mexico canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borderedBy Catron County, New Mexico
Dona Ana County, New Mexico
surface form: Doña Ana County, New Mexico

Grant County, New Mexico
Lincoln County, New Mexico
Luna County, New Mexico
Otero County, New Mexico
Socorro County, New Mexico
contains Caballo Lake
Caballo Lake State Park
Elephant Butte Reservoir
surface form: Elephant Butte Lake State Park

Elephant Butte Reservoir
Elephant Butte, New Mexico
Spaceport America
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Williamsburg, New Mexico
country United States of America
countySeat Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
economyIncludes outdoor recreation
ranching
tourism
follows county government system of New Mexico
hasClimate arid climate
hasLandscape desert
hasMajorRiver Rio Grande
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasRecreationalActivity boating
camping
fishing
hasRecreationalArea Caballo Lake State Park
Elephant Butte Reservoir
surface form: Elephant Butte Lake State Park
hasSignificantLanguage Spanish
knownFor Elephant Butte Reservoir
Spaceport America
desert landscapes
largestCity Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
locatedIn New Mexico
south-central New Mexico
locatedInRegion southwestern United States
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone
namedAfter Sierra County, California
partOf New Mexico
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated
seat Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
state New Mexico
subdivisionType county

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Socorro County, New Mexico borderedBy Sierra County, New Mexico
White Sands Missile Range locatedIn Sierra County, New Mexico
Jornada del Muerto desert locatedIn Sierra County, New Mexico
New Mexico's 2nd congressional district containsCounty Sierra County, New Mexico
Otero County, New Mexico hasBorderWithCounty Sierra County, New Mexico
Catron County, New Mexico borderedBy Sierra County, New Mexico
Spaceport America locatedIn Sierra County, New Mexico
Fra Cristóbal Mountains locatedIn Sierra County, New Mexico