Gallina is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Rio Arriba County () is a List of counties in New Mexico, county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 40,363. Its county seat is Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, Tierra Amarilla. Its ...
, United States. Its population was 286 as of the
2010 census. Gallina has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with
ZIP code 87017.
passes through the community.
Gallina is derived from the Spanish word ''gallina'', meaning "hen", and used figuratively to denote a coward.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in New Mexico
Census-designated places in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
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