Taos, New Mexico
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Taos Plaza and the Hotel La Fonda, within the Taos Downtown Historic District
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 Taos, New Mexico
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| Coordinates: 36°23′38″N 105°34′36″W / 36.39389°N 105.57667°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | New Mexico | |
| County | Taos | |
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| • Total | 5.4 sq mi (13.9 km2) | |
| • Land | 5.4 sq mi (13.9 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) | |
| Elevation | 6,969 ft (2,124 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 5,716 | |
| • Density | 1,058.5/sq mi (411.2/km2) | |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) | |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) | |
| ZIP code | 87571 | |
| Area code(s) | 575 | |
| FIPS code | 35-76200 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0911545 | |
| Website | www.taosgov.com | |
Taos /ˈtaʊs/ is a town in Taos County in the north-central region of New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, incorporated in 1934. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,716. Other nearby communities include Ranchos de Taos, Cañon, Taos Canyon, Ranchitos, El Prado, and Arroyo Seco. The town is close to Taos Pueblo, the Native American village and tribe from which it takes its name.
Taos is the county seat of Taos County. The English name Taos derives from the native Taos language meaning "place of red willows".
Taos is the principal city of the Taos, NM Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Taos County.
The Taos Pueblo, which borders the town of Taos on its north side, has been occupied for nearly a millennium. It is estimated that the pueblo was built between 1000 and 1450 A.D., with some later expansion, and the pueblo is considered to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States.
Located in a tributary valley off the Rio Grande, it is the most northern of the New Mexico pueblos. The pueblo, at some places five stories high, is a combination of many individual homes with common walls. There are over 1,900 Taos Indians living within the greater pueblo-area community. Many of them have modern homes near their fields and live there in summer months, only staying at their homes within the main North or South pueblo buildings during cooler weather. About 150 people live within the main pueblo buildings year-round. The Taos Pueblo was added as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992.
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