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Chama is a village in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 917 at the 2020 census . The village is located in the Rocky Mountains about 7 miles (11 km) south of the Colorado - New Mexico border.
The Rio Chama, a major tributary river of the Rio Grande, is located in the U.S. states of Colorado and New Mexico.The river is about 130 miles (210 km) long altogether. From its source to El Vado Dam its length is about 50 miles (80 km), from El Vado Dam to Abiquiu Dam is about 51 miles (82 km), and from Abiquiu Dam to its confluence with the Rio Grande is about 34 miles (55 k
Tierra Amarilla is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. [1][4] Tierra Amarilla is Spanish for "Yellow Earth". The name refers to clay deposits found in the Chama River Valley and used by Native American peoples. [5]: 352–353 [6] Tewa and Navajo toponyms for the area also refer to ...
July 1, 2023 at 11:21 AM. SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Federal land managers have called off plans to spray pesticides near the Rio Chama in northern New Mexico as part of an effort to eradicate ...
Congress created the Chama River Canyon Wilderness in New Mexico in February 1978. [4] The wilderness area covers approximately 50,300 acres (20,356 ha) on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest and the Carson National Forest. [5] The water in the Rio Chama brings the canyon area to life.
Website. www.rio-arriba.org. Rio Arriba County (Spanish: Condado de Río Arriba) is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,363. [1] Its county seat is Tierra Amarilla. [2] Its northern border is the Colorado state line.
July 19, 1964 [2] San Gabriel de Yungue-Ouinge, or San Gabriel de Yunque, was the site of the first Spanish capital of its provincial territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México. It is located where the Rio Chama meets the Rio Grande, west of present-day Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico. The pueblo of Yuque Yunque was taken by Juan de Oñate, and he ...
505. GNIS feature ID. 2584076 [2] Chili is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Its population was 654 as of the 2010 census. [4] U.S. Route 84 passes through the community. The name comes from a station of the D&RG railroad that was known locally as the " Chili Line."