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Sunland Park, New Mexico

Sunland Park is a city in southeastern Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States, on the borders of Texas and the Mexican state of Chihuahua, with Ciudad Juárez adjoining it on the south and El Paso, Texas, on the east.
Population 16,702

Top Events in Sunland Park History

1
1983Government
== History == Sunland Park was formed when the unincorporated communities of Anapra, Sunland Park, and Meadow Vista voted to incorporate as Sunland Park on July 13, 1983.
2
2006Architecture
Western Playland, an amusement park, moved to Sunland Park in 2006, after it left its original location in El Paso County, Texas's Ascarate Park, where it had opened in 1960.
3
2010History
== Demographics == As of the census of 2010, 14,267 people, 3,884 households, and 3,314 families resided in the city.
4
2012Crime
=== 2012 extortion scandal === In February 2012, then-Mayor Pro Tem Daniel Salinas and City Manager Jaime Aguilera were arrested and charged with extortion of mayoral candidate ...
5
2019History
It was estimated at 17,978 by the United States Census Bureau in 2019.
6
2021Government
Lighting along the stretch was shut off in 2021 after the group failed to pay electricity bills, and the owner of the land upon which the wall stood owed property taxes and pena...
7
2024History
As of January 2024, sixteen marijuana dispensaries operated in Sunland Park, the second-most in the state (after Albuquerque, which has a much larger population).

Historical Timeline

1983Government
== History == Sunland Park was formed when the unincorporated communities of Anapra, Sunland Park, and Meadow Vista voted to incorporate as Sunland Park on July 13, 1983.
2006Architecture
Western Playland, an amusement park, moved to Sunland Park in 2006, after it left its original location in El Paso County, Texas's Ascarate Park, where it had opened in 1960.
2010History
== Demographics == As of the census of 2010, 14,267 people, 3,884 households, and 3,314 families resided in the city.
2012Crime
=== 2012 extortion scandal === In February 2012, then-Mayor Pro Tem Daniel Salinas and City Manager Jaime Aguilera were arrested and charged with extortion of mayoral candidate ...
2019History
It was estimated at 17,978 by the United States Census Bureau in 2019.
2021Government
Lighting along the stretch was shut off in 2021 after the group failed to pay electricity bills, and the owner of the land upon which the wall stood owed property taxes and pena...
2024History
As of January 2024, sixteen marijuana dispensaries operated in Sunland Park, the second-most in the state (after Albuquerque, which has a much larger population).

Did You Know?

1
Sunland Park is located in the state of New Mexico.
2
Sunland Park has a population of 16,702 residents.
3
The community of Santa Teresa adjoins it on the northwest.

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A
Albuquerque
Pop. 564,559
LC
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Pop. 115,000
RR
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SF
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Pop. 89,000
F
Farmington
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C
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Pop. 38,567
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