Dona Ana County, New Mexico

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county of New Mexico

Dona Ana County, New Mexico is a large county in the south-central part of the state that includes the city of Las Cruces and spans desert, agricultural, and military testing areas near the U.S.–Mexico border.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Doña Ana County, New Mexico	18
Doña Ana County	6
Dona Ana County, New Mexico canonical	2
Dona Ana County	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T771144 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dona Ana County, New Mexico
Context triple: [White Sands Missile Range, locatedIn, Dona Ana County, New Mexico]

A. Socorro County, New Mexico
Socorro County, New Mexico is a largely rural county in central New Mexico known for its role in early nuclear history as the location of the Trinity test site.
B. Otero County, New Mexico
Otero County, New Mexico is a largely rural county in south-central New Mexico known for its desert landscapes, including parts of White Sands and the Lincoln National Forest, and the city of Alamogordo.
C. Cibola County, New Mexico
Cibola County, New Mexico is a county in western New Mexico known for its diverse landscapes, including parts of the Cibola National Forest and El Malpaís National Monument, and for its mix of Native American and Hispanic cultural heritage.
D. Catron County, New Mexico
Catron County, New Mexico is a sparsely populated, largely rural county in western New Mexico known for its expansive wilderness areas and rugged landscapes.
E. Torrance County, New Mexico
Torrance County, New Mexico is a largely rural county in the central part of the state, known for its high desert landscapes, agriculture, and small communities such as Estancia and Moriarty.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dona Ana County, New Mexico
Target entity description: Dona Ana County, New Mexico is a large county in the south-central part of the state that includes the city of Las Cruces and spans desert, agricultural, and military testing areas near the U.S.–Mexico border.

A. Socorro County, New Mexico
Socorro County, New Mexico is a largely rural county in central New Mexico known for its role in early nuclear history as the location of the Trinity test site.
B. Otero County, New Mexico
Otero County, New Mexico is a largely rural county in south-central New Mexico known for its desert landscapes, including parts of White Sands and the Lincoln National Forest, and the city of Alamogordo.
C. Cibola County, New Mexico
Cibola County, New Mexico is a county in western New Mexico known for its diverse landscapes, including parts of the Cibola National Forest and El Malpaís National Monument, and for its mix of Native American and Hispanic cultural heritage.
D. Catron County, New Mexico
Catron County, New Mexico is a sparsely populated, largely rural county in western New Mexico known for its expansive wilderness areas and rugged landscapes.
E. Torrance County, New Mexico
Torrance County, New Mexico is a largely rural county in the central part of the state, known for its high desert landscapes, agriculture, and small communities such as Estancia and Moriarty.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county of New Mexico ⓘ
bordersCountry	Mexico ⓘ
bordersState	New Mexico ⓘ Texas ⓘ
containsCity	Las Cruces, New Mexico ⓘ Sunland Park, New Mexico ⓘ
containsCommunity	Anthony, New Mexico ⓘ Berino, New Mexico ⓘ Chaparral, New Mexico ⓘ Garfield, New Mexico ⓘ Hatch, New Mexico ⓘ La Mesa, New Mexico ⓘ Organ, New Mexico ⓘ Radium Springs, New Mexico ⓘ San Miguel, New Mexico ⓘ Tortugas, New Mexico ⓘ Vado, New Mexico ⓘ White Sands, New Mexico ⓘ linked to: White Sands National Park
containsDesert	Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ
containsMilitaryArea	Fort Bliss training areas ⓘ White Sands Missile Range ⓘ
containsMountainRange	Doña Ana Mountains ⓘ linked to: Doña Ana Range Organ Mountains ⓘ
containsProtectedArea	Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks National Monument ⓘ
containsRiver	Rio Grande ⓘ
containsTown	Mesilla, New Mexico ⓘ
containsUniversity	New Mexico State University ⓘ linked to: New Mexico A&M College
containsValley	Mesilla Valley ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countySeat	Las Cruces, New Mexico ⓘ
FIPSCode	35013 ⓘ
GNISID	0917690 ⓘ
hasBorderCrossing	Anthony Port of Entry ⓘ Santa Teresa Port of Entry ⓘ
hasClimate	arid to semi-arid climate ⓘ
largestCity	Las Cruces, New Mexico ⓘ
locatedInPhysiographicRegion	Rio Grande rift ⓘ linked to: Rio Grande Rift
locatedInRegion	south-central New Mexico ⓘ linked to: central New Mexico
majorEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ education and research ⓘ military and defense ⓘ
majorHighway	Interstate 10 ⓘ Interstate 25 ⓘ U.S. Route 180 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Doña Ana Robledo ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea	Las Cruces metropolitan area ⓘ
state	New Mexico ⓘ
timeZone	Mountain Time Zone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited