City of the Sun, New Mexico

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{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = City of the Sun, New Mexico

|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

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|subdivision_name1 = New Mexico

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Luna

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|unit_pref = Imperial

|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='35'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}

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|area_total_km2 = 0.66

|area_land_km2 = 0.66

|area_water_km2 = 0.00

|area_total_sq_mi = 0.25

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|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 33

|population_density_km2 = 50.33

|population_density_sq_mi = 130.43

|timezone = Mountain (MST)

|utc_offset = -7

|timezone_DST = MDT

|utc_offset_DST = -6

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|elevation_ft = 4141

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|area_code = 575

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City of the Sun is an intentional community and census-designated place in Luna County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 33 as of the 2020 census.{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2022-04-02 |title=U.S. Census website |df= }} The community, which is on the northern border of Columbus, was founded in 1972.{{cite web|title=City of the Sun Foundation, Inc.|url=http://directory.ic.org/20103/City_of_the_Sun_Foundation_Inc|publisher=Fellowship for Intentional Community|accessdate=August 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204050324/http://directory.ic.org/20103/City_of_the_Sun_Foundation_Inc|archive-date=February 4, 2014|url-status=dead}}

Like other areas in Luna County, the community is in the Deming Public Schools school district.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st35_nm/schooldistrict_maps/c35029_luna/DC20SD_C35029.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Luna County, NM|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-06-28}}

Demographics

{{US Census population

|align=left|2020= 33

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:35&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}

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