Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico | |
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Coordinates: 35°48′09″N105°58′32″W / 35.80250°N 105.97556°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Mexico |
County | Santa Fe |
Area | |
• Total | 2.20 sq mi (5.69 km2) |
• Land | 2.20 sq mi (5.69 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 6,371 ft (1,942 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 301 |
• Density | 136.94/sq mi (52.87/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
Area code | 505 |
GNIS feature ID | 937204 [3] |
Tesuque Pueblo is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 233 as of the 2010 census. [4]
Tesuque Pueblo is located at 35°48′09″N105°58′32″W / 35.8025277°N 105.9755777°W . [3] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 2.198 square miles (5.69 km2), all land. [4]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 301 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census [5] [2] |
Te Tsu Geh Oweenge Day School a.k.a. Tesuque Day School [6] is a Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)-affiliated tribal school. [7] It is located in Tesuque Pueblo. [8]
In regards to conventional school district-operated public schools, Tesuque Pueblo is zoned to Pojoaque Valley Schools. [9] Pojoaque Valley High School is the zoned comprehensive high school.
Some Tesuque Pueblo students who were alumni of the BIA school, as of 1987, moved on to the public district-operated middle school, while others moved on to Santa Fe Indian School, a BIA/BIE-operated secondary school. [10]
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