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Datil is a rocket launch site in USA at 34°05′ N 107°31′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=34_05_N_107_31_W_). Datil was used in 1963 for the launch of the Sergeant rocket.


Rocket launch sites A rocket launch site is a facility for the launch of rockets. ...


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A Date with Datil Peppers (2420 words)
Datil means "date" in Spanish, but the reason for that particular name is lost in obscurity, especially considering the fact that the pod is not shaped like a date.
Growing datil peppers still is something of a backyard enterprise.
Her mustard goes into the sauce for fried alligator tail and is combined with the hot sauce to enhance his chicken wings.
Datil, Pie Town, and Quemado — remote and beautiful:Southern New Mexico Travel and Tourism Information (708 words)
Thirty-six miles west of Magdalena, at the western edge of the San Agustin Plains, the Datil Mountains rise and pinon and juniper trees emerge from the bush and grass.
To the Spanish settlers the seedpods of the prevelant yucca resembled dates, and "datil" is the Spanish word for date.
The hub of Datil is the Eagle Guest Ranch which dates from the 1920s when Agnes Morley Cleaveland's sister, Loraine, and her husband, Tom Reynolds, opened the small store.
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