Las Vegas is a city and county seat of San Miguel County, New Mexico,
United States. Once two separate municipalities (one a city and the other a
town) both named Las Vegas, west Las Vegas ("Old Town") and east Las
Vegas ("New Town"), separated by the Gallinas River, retain distinct
characters and separate, rival school districts. The population was 14,565 at
the 2000 census. Las Vegas, NM is located 110 miles south of Raton, New Mexico,
65 miles east of Santa Fe, New Mexico, 122 miles northeast of Albuquerque, New
Mexico, 257 miles south of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and 326 miles south of Denver,
Colorado
