Alamogordo, New Mexico
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city, county seat
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.[3] Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range are two major military bases located near Alamogordo. The town has had its share of notability as the first test site for the atomic bomb and home to The White Sands International Film Festival.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamogordo,_New_Mexico
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Coordinates: 32°54'7"N 105°56'36"W
- Albuquerque, New Mexico 272 km
- Tucson, Arizona 484 km
- Scottsdale, Arizona 570 km
- Phoenix, Arizona 602 km
- Phoenix, Arizona 603 km
- Goodyear, Arizona 614 km
- Peoria, Arizona 615 km
- Colorado Springs, Colorado 689 km
- Aurora, Colorado 777 km
- Denver, Colorado 784 km
- La Luz, New Mexico 7.6 km
- High Rolls, New Mexico 11 km
- Mountain Park, New Mexico 13 km
- Holloman Air Force Base 18 km
- Oliver Lee Memorial State Park 19 km
- Rocket Sled Track - Holloman Air Base 21 km
- White Sands National Park 37 km
- Timberon, New Mexico 39 km
- Mescalero Apache Reservation 42 km
- White Sands Missile Range 47 km
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