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Geography. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 109 square miles (280 km 2 ), of which 109 square miles (280 km 2) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km 2) (0.08%) is water. [4] It is the smallest county by area in New Mexico. There is no significant open water in the county.
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Los Alamos is located in northern New Mexico between the Rio Grande and the eastern rim of the Valles Caldera on the Pajarito Plateau, approximately 35 mi (56 km) to the northwest of Santa Fe. The elevation at the post office is 7,320 feet (2,230 m) and total land area is 11.14 square miles (28.9 km 2 ).
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Los Alamos As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,950. The smallest county by area in the state, Los Alamos County was formerly administered exclusively by the U.S. federal government during the Manhattan Project, but it now has equal status to New Mexico's other counties.
Sep 21, 2023 · Quick Facts. Location: Los Alamos County, New Mexico. Significance: Home of the Manhattan Project, a top secret US government program during WWII that rushed to develop and deploy atomic weapons in order to hasten the end of the war. Designation: American World War II Heritage City.
Los Alamos (Spanish: Los Álamos, meaning "The cottonwoods") is a townsite and census-designated place (CDP) in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States, built upon four mesas of the Pajarito Plateau and the adjoining White Rock Canyon. The population of the CDP was 12,019 at the 2010 Census.
Los Alamos, New Mexico. / 35.89111°N 106.29778°W / 35.89111; -106.29778. Los Alamos ( Spanish: Los Álamos, meaning "The Cottonwoods " or "The Poplars") [3] is a town in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States. The town is located on four mesas of the Pajarito Plateau, and has a population of 13,179. [2]
Los Alamos, county, north central New Mexico, U.S. It is a scenic area in the Jemez range of the Southern Rocky Mountains. The Santa Fe National Forest covers the county. The first white settlers arrived in the 1880s, and the county, named for its seat, was established out of parts of Santa Fe and.