Alamogordo, New Mexico
Location in the State of New Mexico
Coordinates: 32°53′45″N, 105°57′8″W
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Otero
Founded	1898
- Mayor	Donald Carroll
Area
- City	19.4 sq mi (50.1 km²)
- Land	19.4 sq mi (50.1 km²)
- Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation	4,334 ft (1,321 m)
Population (2000)
- City	35,582
- Density	1,839.0/sq mi (710.0/km²)
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
- Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
Website: http://www.alamogordo.com/

Alamogordo is a city in Otero County, New Mexico, United States of America. The population was 35,582 at the 2000 census. The city name is a Spanish word meaning "fat cottonwood". It is the county seat of Otero County.^GR6 Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range are two major military bases located near Alamogordo. Adapted from Wikipedias NM county maps by Seth Ilys. ... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... The political units and divisions of the United States include: the fifty states, which units are typically divided into counties and townships, and incorporate cities, villages, towns, and other types of municipalities, and other autonomous or subordinate public authorities and institutions; and the federal state, which unit is the United... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... List of New Mexico counties: New Mexico counties Bernalillo County one of the 9 original counties formed in 1852. ... Otero County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 km² (1000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares). ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... MST is UTC-7 The Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), resulting in UTC-7. ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7...  Areas that have DST  Areas that once had DST  Areas that never had DST For a list of various nations usage of DST, see Daylight saving time around the world. ... Mountain Daylight Time or MDT is the Mountain Standard Time Zone (or MST) during Daylight Savings Time. ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Otero County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ... Otero County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Holloman Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force base in Otero County, New Mexico. ... White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), formerly known as the White Sands Proving Grounds, is located in Otero County, New Mexico, mostly in the Tularosa Basin, a valley between the Organ Mountains, San Andres Mountains and the Sacramento Mountains of the U.S. state of New Mexico, it includes the northern...

Geography

Alamogordo is located at 32°53′45″N, 105°57′8″W (32.895940, -105.952134)^GR1, which places it on the western flank of the sedrfghskbfloisdrgl.s thtirygohljkdfruozhtuohgifhgzlkdjfzhtgfudlzgSacramento Mountains and on the eastern edge of the Tularosa Basin. Elevation is 4334 feet. Sacramento Mountains an eastern extension of the Rocky Mountains in southwestern New Mexico into West Texas. ... The Tularosa Basin is a graben basin in the basin and range area east of the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico, mostly in Otero County. ...

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 50.1 km² (19.4 mi²), all land. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...

Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 35,582 people, 13,704 households, and 9,729 families residing in the city. The population density was 710.0/km² (1,839.0/mi²). There were 15,920 housing units at an average density of 317.7/km² (822.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 55.35% White, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 31.99% of the population. 25.58% African American, 1.05% Native American, 1.53% Asian, 0.17% Pacific Islander, 12.07% from other races, and 4.25% from two or more races. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ...

There were 13,704 households out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.07. Matrimony redirects here. ...

In the city the population was spread out with 28.7% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,928, and the median income for a family was $35,673. Males had a median income of $28,163 versus $18,860 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,662. About 13.2% of families and 16.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.9% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

History

Trinity Site: Site of the First Atomic Bomb

The very first atomic bomb in history was detonated at the Alamogordo Test Range on July 16, 1945. The site of the explosion, called Trinity Site, is located on property owned by the present-day White Sands Missile Range. This was the only nuclear test that took place at this location. Trinity Site is actually located over a hundred miles away from Alamogordo, and is only open twice a year for visitors. The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... An early stage in the Trinity fireball. ... White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), formerly known as the White Sands Proving Grounds, is located in Otero County, New Mexico, mostly in the Tularosa Basin, a valley between the Organ Mountains, San Andres Mountains and the Sacramento Mountains of the U.S. state of New Mexico, it includes the northern... Preparation for an underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site in the 1980s. ...

Col. John Paul Stapp, Fastest Man On Earth

On December 10, 1954 Colonel John Paul Stapp rode a rocket sled at Holloman AFB just outside Alamogordo that decelerated from 632 to 0 miles per hour in one and one-quarter seconds. His body experienced 46.2 time the force of gravity, in essence making him weigh 6,800 pounds for that brief time. At the time he was leading an Air Force team investigating the effects on the body of high altitude ejection seats. John Paul Stapp, M.D., Ph. ... Holloman AFB is an Air Force base located in Otero County, New Mexico. ...

Grave of Ham, First Chimp in Space

Ham was the world's first astrochimp, trumpeted by the United States as "the first free creature in outer space". He blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 31, 1961, and traveled 155 miles in 16.5 minutes before splashing down safely in the Atlantic. Ham fitted into a special biopack couch prior to flight. ... Cape Canaveral is a city in Brevard County, Florida, USA. The population was 8,829 at the 2000 census. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...

After Ham died in 1983 at age 27, his body was shipped west and was buried in the front lawn of the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo, under the first slab of natural-tone concrete poured in Otero County. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Space Hall of Fame (aka the New Mexico Museum of Space History) sits on the western face of the Sacramento Mountain range of New Mexico in the United States. ... Otero County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ...

Space Shuttle landing

In March 1982, Space Shuttle Columbia ended the third ever Shuttle mission, STS-3, by making the only landing to ever occur outside of California or Florida. The orbiter touched down at White Sands Missile Range near Alamogordo. Space Shuttle Columbia (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first spaceworthy space shuttle in NASAs orbital fleet (Enterprise preceded Columbia, but Enterprise was a non-spaceworthy test article intended for later conversion to a flightworthy vehicle). ... STS-3 was the third space shuttle mission, and was the third mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia. ... White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), formerly known as the White Sands Proving Grounds, is located in Otero County, New Mexico, mostly in the Tularosa Basin, a valley between the Organ Mountains, San Andres Mountains and the Sacramento Mountains of the U.S. state of New Mexico, it includes the northern...

Atari Burial Grounds

Main article: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600) #The Atari landfill

In 1983, with the video game industry they had helped create crashing down around them, Atari warehouses were filled with millions of unsold video game cartridges they had optimistically overproduced, including 5 million E.T. cartridges. Basing a video game on a movie rather than an established arcade hit or a tested game premise (and expecting it to sell simply because of the popularity of the film) was a questionable enough decision, but the very bad quality of the finished product was unprecedented. Atari rushed E.T. through development in about 6 weeks (less than 1/3 of the usual game development period) to get it onto the market in time for Christmas, and the result was a virtually unplayable game with a vastly sub-standard plot and graphics in which frustrated players spent most of their time leading the E.T. character around in circles to prevent him from falling into pits. According to Atari's then-president and CEO, "nearly all of them came back." E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a video game developed by Howard Scott Warshaw based on the film of the same name and released by Atari for the Atari 2600 video game system in 1982. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The computer and video game industry is the economic sector involved with the development, marketing and sale of video and computer games. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In a variety of electronic equipments, a cartridge (in video game terms, cart, game pack, or Game Pak) can be one method of programming different functionality, providing variable content, or a method by which consumables may be replenished. ... E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a video game developed by Howard Scott Warshaw based on the film of the same name and released by Atari for the Atari 2600 video game system in 1982. ... Christmas is an annual holiday that marks the birth of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. ...

Some other video game manufacturers attempted to rid themselves of excess inventory by selling it at sharply reduced prices, but Atari, stuck with millions of games and consoles — along with prototypes and limited runs of experimental Atari 2600 hardware like the questionable Mindlink system, a control method for the 2600 based on so-called mind-control (muscle tension) — that were largely unsellable at any price, sent fourteen truckloads of merchandise from their plant in El Paso, Texas, to be dumped in a city landfill in Alamogordo in late September 1983. In order to keep the site from being looted, D9 Caterpillars crushed and flattened the games, and a concrete slab was poured over the remains. The Atari 2600, released in October 1977, was the first successful video game console to use plug-in cartridges instead of having one or more games built in. ... The Atari Mindlink was an unreleased controller for the Atari 2600. ... Nickname: Star of the Southwest, The Sun City, and Land of the Sun Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: County El Paso County  - Mayor John Cook Area    - City  250. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Caterpillar D9 is a large track-type tractor designed and manufactured by Caterpillar Inc. ...

Book Burnings

Alamogordo briefly made international news in 2001 when Christ Community Church held a public book burning, including the books in the Harry Potter series. Other books and magazines were also burned; the congregation was told to burn anything that was getting in way of their walk with God. The people behind the burnings, Pastor Jack Brock and others, stated the belief that the books had Satanic origins and could influence children to take up witchcraft. Several hundred others protested the event. 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Book burning is the practice of ceremoniously destroying by fire one or more copies of a book or other written material. ... Cover of the first book in J. K. Rowlings series: Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (British/Canadian/Australian/Irish/ Japanese/Taiwanese/African version) The Harry Potter books are a series of fantasy novels by British writer J. K. Rowling. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Witch redirects here. ...

Points of Interest

• Within the City
  • New Mexico Museum of Space History
  • Tularosa Basin Historical Society Museum
  • The Toy Train Depot, Inc. is a non-profit store and museum dedicated to scale model reproductions of railroad equipment. The Toy Train Depot also runs a sixteen-inch track model train line that takes visitors for rides around the museum grounds and through a nearby park.

• Near by
  • The picturesque Lincoln National Forest is accessible via U.S. Route 82 or U.S. Route 70.
  • The Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation is accessible via U.S. Route 70.
  • The White Sands National Monument, a U.S. National Monument, is located about 15 miles (25km) southwest of Alamogordo along U.S. Route 70. The area is in the mountain-ringed Tularosa Basin valley area and comprises the southern part of a 275-square mile (710km²) field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals.
  • The Oliver Lee Memorial State Park is south of Alamogordo and accessible via U.S. Route 54.
  • The large "A" painted on the side of the Sacramento Mountains, annually repainted by the students of Alamogordo High School.

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Trivia

• Alamogordo's original city plan calls for east-west streets to be given numerical designations, while north-south streets have names that fall into related themes (states, presidents and universities). US 54 becomes "White Sands Blvd." in Alamogordo, however, it was originally named "Pennsylvania Ave." (thus the name of one of the oldest establishments in Alamogordo, the Pennsylvania Avenue Bar and Grill).

• Many movies filmed scenes in or near Alamogordo and White Sands National Monument, including "Young Guns II", "Tank Girl", and "Convoy".;^[1]

White Sands National Monument is well-known for its fields of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals. ... Young Guns II is a 1990 film, and is the sequel to Young Guns. ... cover art to Tank Girl: The Odyssey Tank Girl is a British comic character drawn by Jamie Hewlett, and written by Alan Martin, with later writing by Peter Milligan. ... A convoy is a group of vehicles traveling together for mutual support. ...

Transportation

Airports

• Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport
• El Paso International Airport in neighboring El Paso, Texas

Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport (IATA: ALM, ICAO: KALM) is a public airport located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Alamogordo, in Otero County, New Mexico. ... El Paso International Airport (IATA: ELP, ICAO: KELP) is a public airport located 4 miles (6 km) northeast of the city of El Paso in El Paso County, Texas, USA. // Facilities El Paso International Airport covers 6,670 acres and has three runways: Runway 04/22: 12,020 x 150... Nickname: Star of the Southwest, The Sun City, and Land of the Sun Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: County El Paso County  - Mayor John Cook Area    - City  250. ...

Major Highways

Three U.S. highways pass through Alamogordo: Current U.S. Highway shield The United States Highway System is an integrated system of roads in the United States numbered within a nationwide grid. ...

• U.S. Route 54
• U.S. Route 70
• U.S. Route 82

U.S. Route 54 enters Alamogordo from the south and merges with U.S. Route 70 which enters the city from the southwest. The terminus for U.S. Route 82 is in Alamogordo and begins where U.S. Route 54 and U.S. Route 70 merge at the southern end of the city. North of Alamogordo, U.S. Route 82 diverges from the still merged U.S. Route 54 and U.S. Route 70. At this point, U.S. Route 82 turns east into the Sacramento Mountains and the Lincoln National Forest, while U.S. Route 54 and U.S. Route 70 continue north several more miles until they diverge in the neighboring village of Tularosa. U.S. Highway 54 is an east-west United States highway that runs northeast-southwest for 1,197 miles (1,926 km) from western Illinois to El Paso, Texas. ... U.S. Route 70 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles (3,838 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. ... U.S. Highway 82 is an east-west United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 54 is an east-west United States highway that runs northeast-southwest for 1,197 miles (1,926 km) from western Illinois to El Paso, Texas. ... U.S. Route 70 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles (3,838 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. ... U.S. Highway 82 is an east-west United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 54 is an east-west United States highway that runs northeast-southwest for 1,197 miles (1,926 km) from western Illinois to El Paso, Texas. ... U.S. Route 70 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles (3,838 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. ... U.S. Highway 82 is an east-west United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 54 is an east-west United States highway that runs northeast-southwest for 1,197 miles (1,926 km) from western Illinois to El Paso, Texas. ... U.S. Route 70 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles (3,838 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. ... U.S. Highway 82 is an east-west United States highway. ... Sacramento Mountains an eastern extension of the Rocky Mountains in southwestern New Mexico into West Texas. ... The Lincoln National Forest is a protected national forest in the State of New Mexico in the southwestern United States. ... U.S. Highway 54 is an east-west United States highway that runs northeast-southwest for 1,197 miles (1,926 km) from western Illinois to El Paso, Texas. ... U.S. Route 70 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles (3,838 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. ... Tularosa is a village located in Otero County, New Mexico. ...

Nearby Towns & Cities

• Cloudcroft, New Mexico, east of the city in the Lincoln National Forest along U.S. Route 82.
• El Paso, Texas, the largest nearby city, which is south of Alamogordo along U.S. Route 54
• Las Cruces, New Mexico, southwest of the city along U.S. Route 70
• Roswell, New Mexico, northeast of the city along U.S. Route 70
• Ruidoso, New Mexico, northeast of the city in the Lincoln National Forest along U.S. Route 70
• Tularosa, New Mexico, north of the city along the merged U.S. Route 54 and U.S. Route 70

Cloudcroft in Summer Cloudcroft is a village in Otero County, New Mexico and is within the Lincoln National Forest. ... The Lincoln National Forest is a protected national forest in the State of New Mexico in the southwestern United States. ... U.S. Highway 82 is an east-west United States highway. ... Nickname: Star of the Southwest, The Sun City, and Land of the Sun Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: County El Paso County  - Mayor John Cook Area    - City  250. ... U.S. Highway 54 is an east-west United States highway that runs northeast-southwest for 1,197 miles (1,926 km) from western Illinois to El Paso, Texas. ... Las Cruces is a city in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. ... U.S. Route 70 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles (3,838 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. ... Nickname: All America City Location in the state of New Mexico. ... U.S. Route 70 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles (3,838 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. ... Ruidoso is a small mountain resort [1] city/village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA and adjacent to the Lincoln National Forest. ... The Lincoln National Forest is a protected national forest in the State of New Mexico in the southwestern United States. ... U.S. Route 70 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles (3,838 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. ... Tularosa is a village located in Otero County, New Mexico. ... U.S. Highway 54 is an east-west United States highway that runs northeast-southwest for 1,197 miles (1,926 km) from western Illinois to El Paso, Texas. ... U.S. Route 70 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles (3,838 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. ...

See also

• Sacramento Mountains
• Tularosa Basin

Sacramento Mountains an eastern extension of the Rocky Mountains in southwestern New Mexico into West Texas. ... The Tularosa Basin is a graben basin in the basin and range area east of the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico, mostly in Otero County. ...

Notes

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External links

• Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce
• City of Alamogordo official municipal website
• Alamogordo Daily News
• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 32.89594° -105.952134°
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• Interesting places around Alamogordo

	State of New Mexico Santa Fe (capital)
Regions	Central New Mexico | Eastern New Mexico | Llano Estacado | Northern New Mexico | Sangre de Cristo Mountains | Southwestern New Mexico Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Mexico. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      A state of the United States is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... Nickname: The City Different Location in the State of New Mexico Coordinates: Country United States State New Mexico County Santa Fe Founded 1607  - Mayor David Coss Area    - City  37. ... Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, site of first U.S. capital. ... The centre of the U.S state New Mexico. ... Eastern New Mexico is a region of the U.S. state of New Mexico. ... Shaded Relief Image of the Llano Estacado Llano Estacado (or Staked Plains) is a region in the southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. ... Northern New Mexico may simply mean the northern part of New Mexico, but in cultural terms it usually means the area of heavy Spanish settlement in the north-central part. ... The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains located in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado in the United States. ... Official language(s) English and Spanish Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 5th 315,194 km² 550 km 595 km 0. ...
Major cities	Albuquerque | Las Cruces | Rio Rancho | Roswell | Santa Fe This is a list of the cities & towns in New Mexico, above 3,000 in population. ... Nickname: The Duke City Location in the state of New Mexico Coordinates: Country United States State New Mexico County Bernalillo Founded 1706  - Mayor Martin Chavez Area    - City 469. ... Las Cruces is a city in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. ... Rio Rancho, (Spanish: Río Rancho) a suburb of Albuquerque, is the largest city and economic hub of Sandoval County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. ... Nickname: All America City Location in the state of New Mexico. ... Nickname: The City Different Location in the State of New Mexico Coordinates: Country United States State New Mexico County Santa Fe Founded 1607  - Mayor David Coss Area    - City  37. ...
Smaller cities	Alamogordo | Artesia | Carlsbad | Clovis | Corrales | Deming | Española | Farmington | Gallup | Grants | Hobbs | Las Vegas | Los Alamos | Los Lunas | Lovington | Portales | Ruidoso | Silver City | Socorro | Sunland Park This is a list of the cities & towns in New Mexico, above 3,000 in population. ... Location in the State of New Mexico Coordinates: Country United States State New Mexico County Eddy Founded 1905 Mayor Manuel Madrid Area    - City 20. ... Location in the state of New Mexico. ... Clovis, New Mexico is a small city in Curry County, New Mexico, United States, with a population of approximately 32,700 (2000 census). ... Corrales is a village located in New Mexico. ... Deming is a city located in Luna County, New Mexico. ... Española is a city in New Mexico, United States. ... Farmington (Navajo: Tótah) is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. ... Gallup (Navajo: Naʼnízhoozhí) is a city in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. ... Grants is a city located in Cibola County, New Mexico. ... Hobbs is a city in Lea County, New Mexico. ... The Plaza Hotel, built in 1881, on the Plaza of West Las Vegas. ... Los Alamos is an unincorporated townsite in Los Alamos County, New Mexico. ... Los Lunas is a village located in Valencia County, New Mexico. ... Lovington is a city in Lea County, New Mexico, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 9,471. ... Portales is a municipality in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, with a total population of 11,131 (as of the 2000 census). ... Ruidoso is a small mountain resort [1] city/village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA and adjacent to the Lincoln National Forest. ... Silver City is a town located in Grant County, New Mexico. ... Socorro is a city located in Socorro County, New Mexico in the Rio Grande Valley, at an elevation of 4579 feet. ... Sunland Park is a city located in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. ...
Counties	Bernalillo | Catron | Chaves | Cibola | Colfax | Curry | De Baca | Doña Ana | Eddy | Grant | Guadalupe | Harding | Hidalgo | Lea | Lincoln | Los Alamos | Luna | McKinley | Mora | Otero | Quay | Rio Arriba | Roosevelt | San Juan | San Miguel | Sandoval | Santa Fe | Sierra | Socorro | Taos | Torrance | Union | Valencia List of New Mexico counties: New Mexico counties Bernalillo County one of the 9 original counties formed in 1852. ... Location in the state of New Mexico Formed Seat Albuquerque Area  - Total  - Water 3,027 km² (1,169 mi²) 7 km² (3 mi²) 0. ... Catron County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Chaves County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Cibola County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Colfax County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Curry County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... De Baca County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Doña Ana County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Eddy County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Grant County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Guadalupe County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Harding County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Hidalgo County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Lea County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Lincoln County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Los Alamos County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Luna County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... McKinley County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Mora County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Otero County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Quay County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Rio Arriba County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Roosevelt County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... San Juan County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. ... San Miguel County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Sandoval County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Santa Fe County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Sierra County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Socorro County is a county located in the state of New Mexico, United States. ... Taos County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Torrance County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. ... Valencia County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ...