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Los Alamos
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census-designated place in and county seat of Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States
Los Alamos is a town in northern New Mexico that serves as the county seat of Los Alamos County. It is notable as a major center for scientific research and development, particularly in nuclear science and related fields.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- consolidated city-county
- Official name
- Los Alamos
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Los Alamos County
- Population
- 13179
- Area
- 28.868334
- Elevation
- 2231
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Capital of
- Los Alamos County
- Official website
- losalamosnm.us/cms/one.aspx?portalid=6435810&pageid=6509934
- Image
- Los Alamos.jpg
- Households
- 5744
- Dialing code
- 505
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- twinned administrative body
- Sarov
- Commons category
- Los Alamos, New Mexico
- topic's main category
- Category:Los Alamos, New Mexico
- category for people born here
- Q9225565
- postal code
- 87545
- water as percent of area
- 0.0326
- different from
- Los Alamos
- per capita income
- 62299
- P8168
- Dibatag
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Encyclopedic overview
Los Alamos (Spanish: Los Álamos, meaning 'The Poplars') is a census-designated place in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States, that is recognized as one of the development and creation places of the atomic bomb—the primary objective of the Manhattan Project by Los Alamos National Laboratory during World War II. The town is on four mesas of the Pajarito Plateau, and had a population of about 13,200 as of 2020. It is the county seat and one of two population centers in Los Alamos County; the other is White Rock.
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