Las Vegas (New Mexico)

San Miguel County

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Las Vegas is a city in the northeast of the U.S. state of New Mexico in San Miguel County. Las Vegas is the county seat of the ( County Seat), has 14,565 inhabitants and covers an area of 19.5 km ². The city lies on the Gallinas River. In Las Vegas, the New Mexico Highlands University and the West Las Vegas High School are located.

Movies

Parts of the film Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983 ) were filmed in and around Las Vegas. In the surrounding area, many Western movies were filmed. In addition, parts of the movie Vampires were filmed here. In addition, the city was a short time in Freedom Downtime, a film about the hacker Kevin Mitnick to see. 2010, some scenes of the movie were filmed in the region date to Las Vegas.