Socorro is a city in the southwestern United States , the administrative center of Socorro County, New Mexico .
| City | |||
| Socorro | |||
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| Socorro | |||
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| A country |  USA | ||
| State | New Mexico | ||
| County | Socorro | ||
| The mayor | Ravi Bhasker | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Founded | |||
| First mention | 1598 | ||
| Area | 37.4 km² | ||
| Center height | 1403 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC − 7 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 9051 people ( 2010 ) | ||
| Density | 240 people / km² | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | +1 575 | ||
| Postcode | 87801 | ||
| socorronm.gov | |||
Content
- 1 History
- 1.1 Ground
- 2 Geography
- 3 Demographics
- 3.1 2010
- 3.2 2000
- 4 See also
- 5 notes
History
Ground
In June 1598, Juan de Onyate led a group of Spanish settlers through a harsh stretch of desert called Hornada del Muerto ( Spanish Jornada del Muerto - Dead Man's Path). The Spaniards who left the desert were met by the Pueblo Indians from the village of Teipana, who gave the colonists food and water. Because of this, the Spaniards renamed the village in Socorro ( Spanish: socorro - help). Later, the same name began to be applied to the neighboring settlement of the Indians - Pilabo [1] .
Geography
Socorro is 121 km from Albuquerque and is located at ; the average elevation above sea level is 1403 m. The city stands on the banks of the Rio Grande . According to the United States Census Bureau , the total area of the city is 37.4 km², of which 0.21% of the water surface is 0.1 km².
Demographics
2010
According to the 2010 census, the population of the okrug is 9051 people [2] .
2000
According to the 2000 census, the population was 8877 people.
See also
Case in Socorro
Notes
- ↑ Marshal, Michael P. & Walt, Henry J., Rio Abajo: Prehistory and History of a Rio Grande Province (Santa Fe: New Mexico Historical Preservation Division, 1984), p 250.
- ↑ Find A County