Socorro
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Socorro is a city in New Mexico that serves as the county seat of Socorro County. It is a regional governmental and administrative center for the area.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Socorro
- Mayor
- Ravi Bhasker
- Total
- 14.46 sq mi (37.46 km )
- Land
- 14.45 sq mi (37.43 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 4,675 ft (1,425 m)
- Density
- 602.4/sq mi (232.59/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−06:00 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 35-73540
- Website
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Socorro (/səˈkɔːroʊ/, sə-KOR-oh) is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is in the Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of 4,579 feet (1,396 m). At the 2020 census, the population was 8,707. It is the county seat of Socorro County. Socorro is located 74 miles (119 km) south of Albuquerque and 146 miles (235 km) north of Las Cruces.
The instruments used by the LINEAR program are located at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site (ETS) on the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) near Socorro, New Mexico.