Английская Википедия:El Rito, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates El Rito, (Spanish for The Little RiverШаблон:R), is an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States.Шаблон:R Its elevation is Шаблон:Convert.

El Rito is located on NM 554, Шаблон:Convert northwest of Española and Шаблон:Convert northwest of Ojo Caliente.

El Rito was one of the first Spanish settlements in the Jicarilla Apache landsШаблон:R north of Santa Fe, being settled about 1807.Шаблон:R San Juan Nepomuceno Catholic Church is in the town, built between 1827 and 1832.Шаблон:R This church has been erroneously claimed to be the oldest church in New Mexico despite multiple churches being built more than 200 year prior to it.Шаблон:R The church was restored in the 1980s.Шаблон:R

El Rito is the home of the Carson National Forest Service – El Rito Ranger District, the El Rito Public Library, the Las Clinicas del Norte, and a campus of Northern New Mexico College.Шаблон:R

Originally named El Rito Colorado (the red creek), it took its name from the creek that passes through the village.Шаблон:R Tewas call the El Rito region "pink below place" for the El Rito Mountains, known to them as the pink mountains.Шаблон:R El Rito is the home to a growing number of artists. The El Rito Studio Tour is held in early October Among the artists living in this tiny New Mexico village are Nicholas Herrera known as “The El Rito Santero” and David Michael Kennedy both of whom have work in the Smithsonian.

El Rito is surrounded by the Carson National Forest.

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