Abiquiu
About Abiquiu
CDP in New Mexico, United StatesAbiquiú ( , Spanish pronunciation: [aβiˈkju], Tewa: Ávéh Shúu pronounced [ɑ́vé ʃúː]; Northern Tiwa: Gultɨdda) is a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, in northern New Mexico in the southwestern United States, about 53 miles (85 km) north of Santa Fe. As of 2010, the population was 231. Abiquiú's one school, an elementary school, is part of the Española Public Schools. Abiquiú means "chokecherry point" in the Tewa language. It is also called Santo Tomás de Abiquiú and the Pueblo of Santo Tomás de Abiquiú. In the mid-18th century, the Spanish crown provided land grants to genízaros here and in other places to establish buffer towns to defend the frontier from raiding tribes such as …
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