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Las Cruces, also known as The City of the Crosses, is the
second largest city in the state of New Mexico, It is also the economic
and geographic center of the fertile Mesilla Valley, which is the agricultural
region on the flood plain of the Rio Grande which extends from Hatch,
New Mexico to the west side of El Paso, Texas. Las Cruces is also the
home of New Mexico State University (NMSU), New Mexico's only land grant
university. The city's major employer is the federal government on nearby
White Sands Test Facility and White Sands Missile Range. Recently the
city has been home to many of the retired from across the country. The
majestic Organ Mountains, ten miles to the east, are dominant in the
city's landscape, along with the Doa Ana Mountains, Robledo Mountains,
and Picacho Peak
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