Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico
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Tierra Amarilla is a small town in the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico, county seat of Rio Arriba County.
As of 2000, its population was 750.
Sabine Ulibarrí was born in Tierra Amarilla.
Tierra Amarilla is best known as the focal point of an armed struggle between the Alianza Federal de Mercedes led by Reies Tijerina and government officials in 1967.
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