Medanales is an unincorporated community located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Medanales had a population of 224. The community is located on the Chama River near U.S. Route 84, north-northwest of Española. Medanales has a post office with ZIP code 87548, which opened on March 10, 1945. Demographics
Education It is in Española Public Schools. The comprehensive public high school is Española Valley High School.
Notable people
Agueda Salazar Martínez (1898—2000), New Mexican Hispanic weaver, "head of the largest family of Hispanic weavers in the state".
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