El Duende, New Mexico


El Duende is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 707 as of the 2010 census. The community is located at the junction of U.S. Routes 84/285 and New Mexico State Road 74. El Duende means "the dwarf" in Spanish, but how and why it adopted this moniker is unknown.

Geography

El Duende is located at. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of ; of its area is land, and is water.