Alamogordo is a city of the New Mexico to the the United States, in the east of the gypsum desert of White Sands, halfway between Albuquerque and El Paso.

Founded in 1898, its geographical coordinates are.

In the year 2000, the population of the city is assembled to: 35582 inhabitants.

The July 16th 1945, the first Nuclear test of the history takes place on the Alamogordo Test Arranges in the desert Jornada del Muerto. The site where the bomb Trinity exploded became a tourist place and a source of revenue for Alamogordo.

The Holloman Air Force Bases employs approximately: 6000 people of the city.

A museum dedicated to the space Exploration is in Alamogordo, the New Mexico City Museum off Space History. The tomb of the first Chimpanzee - American astronaut, Ham, are in front of this one.

Strange

Following the Crash of the video game of 1983, in September of the same year, the editor of plays Atari hid in the garbage dump of Alamogordo, now closed down, of the million cartridges of plays and consoles coming from its warehouse of El Paso.

External bonds

• Official site of Alamogordo
• Chamber of commerce of Alamagordo

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