Artesia (New Mexico)

Eddy County

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Artesia is a small town in Eddy County ( New Mexico) with 10,692 inhabitants ( as of 2002) at an altitude of 1030 meters and an area of 20.7 km ². It received city rights in 1905.

It was named in 1903 after the discovery of artesian wells in the area, which had a significant upturn mainly of local agriculture.

In the village there is a training facility of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.

  • Place in New Mexico
  • Location in North America
  • Eddy County ( New Mexico)
  • 1905
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