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Eastern New Mexico University

university, Portales, New Mexico, United States

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Eastern New Mexico University is a public, coeducational institution of higher learning located in Portales, New Mexico. Founded in 1934 as Portales University, it is one of the state-supported universities in New Mexico. The city of Portales itself is in eastern New Mexico, near the Texas border, and was established in 1898. The university's economic mainstays are irrigated farming, food processing, and ranching.12

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