Alamogordo
| Alamogordo | |
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| Nickname : The Space City, Alamo | |
 White Sands Boulevard in Alamogordo |
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| Alamogordo in Otero County | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1898 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | New Mexico |
| County : | Otero County |
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 54 ′ N , 105 ° 57 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) |
| Residents : | 30,403 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,567.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 19.4 km 2 (about 7 mi 2 ) of which 19.4 km 2 (about 7 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 1321 m |
| Postcodes : | 88310, 88311 |
| Area code : | +1 575 |
| FIPS : | 35-01780 |
| GNIS ID : | 0903054 |
| Website : | www.alamogordo.com |
| Mayor : | Richard Boss |
 Otero County Courthouse |
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Alamogordo is a small town in the US state of New Mexico , about 370 km south of Santa Fe and 430 km south of the Los Alamos Laboratory . The first nuclear weapon, the Trinity bomb, was detonated on the White Sands Missile Range about 100 km away on July 16, 1945 .
At the time of the atomic bomb program, around 4,000 people lived there, but that changed when an air force base for the US Air Force - today's Holloman Air Force Base - was established in which, among other things, soldiers of the German Air Force are stationed. Today more than 35,000 people live in the small town.
Alamogordo is a popular destination; the White Sands National Park and the Three Rivers Petroglyph National Recreation Area at the foot of the Sacramento Mountains are popular tourist magnets in the vicinity of the city. Due to the air force base, there is also the International Space Hall of Fame to visit.
Demographics
At the time of the United States Census 2000, the city was inhabited by 35,673 people. The population density was 710 people per km². There were 15,920 housing units at an average of 317.7 per km². The population was 55.35% White , 25.58% Black or African American , 1.05% Native American , 1.53% Asian, and 0.17% Pacific Islanders . 12.07% said they belonged to other races and 4.25% mentioned two or more races. 31.99% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents of Alamogordo distributed to 13,704 households out of which 36.3% were living in children under 18 years. 55.6% of the households are married, 11.7% had a female head of the household without a husband and 29.0% did not form families. 25.2% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 8.8% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.07.
The population was divided into 28.7% minors, 9.2% 18–24 year olds, 29.7% 25–44 year olds, 19.9% 45–64 year olds and 12.7% aged 65 and over or more. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 women there were 97.6 men. For every 100 women over 18, there were 94.1 men.
The median household income was 30,928 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 35,673 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 28,163 compared to $ 18,860 for women. The per capita income reached $ 14,662. 16.5% of the population and 13.2% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 23.9% of minors and 11.8% of those aged 65 and over.
From 2000 to 2010 there was a population decline of 14.8%. In 2010, 30,403 inhabitants lived in 14,052 households, of which 23.5% were under 18 years of age, 41.9% between 18 and 50 years and 34.6% over 50 years old. 51.9% were female and 49.1% were male.
| year | Residents 1 |
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| 1980 | 24,024 |
| 1990 | 27,596 |
| 2000 | 35,673 |
| 2010 | 30,403 |
| 2016 | 29,850 |
education
The New Mexico State University , where it maintains a branch office with about 2,000 students. In addition, Alamogordo has a German school with around 180 students.
sons and daughters of the town
- Edward Condon (1902–1974), physicist
- Karen Lafferty (* 1948), singer and music teacher
- Edwin Mechem (1912–2002), politician, Governor of New Mexico, Senator for New Mexico
Attractions
- Alamogordo Zoo
- White Sands Missile Range
- New Mexico Museum of Space History
- Sierra Blanca
- Three Rivers Petroglyph National Recreation Area
Trivia
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In 1983 the computer game manufacturer Atari had more than 700,000 computer game modules buried in a landfill in the city , such as the commercial flop ET the Extra-Terrestrial . This event, known as the Atari Video Game Burial , became a symbol of the video game crash that began in the same year , the collapse of the North American computer game market. However, contradicting reports later led parts of the public to believe that this was a modern legend . In April 2014, a team of documentary filmmakers, with the support of Microsoft and with the approval of the city, carried out an excavation that confirmed the accuracy of the information. Around 1300 game modules were recovered, some of which were given to the New Mexico Museum of Space History for exhibition. Approx. 800 pieces are to be auctioned, the rest donated to museums or kept as souvenirs. Considerations are currently underway on the use of the area for tourism.
Filming for parts of the Transformers films took place both in and around Alamogordo and at Holloman Air Force Base .
Web links
- City of Alamogordo - Website (English)
- New Mexico Museum of Space History (English)
- White Sands (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b NM - Alamogordo city. In: US Census Bureau . 2010, accessed on July 21, 2017 .
- ^ Alamogordo, New Mexico Population. In: CensusViewer. Retrieved July 21, 2017 .
- ^ Alamogordo, New Mexico - Basic Facts. In: HomeTownLocator. July 1, 2016, accessed on July 21, 2017 .
- ↑ AP Editor: Diggers Find Atari's ET Games In Landfill . April 26, 2014. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014.
- ^ John Wills: Pixel Cowboys and Silicon Gold Mines: Videogames of the American West . In: University of California Press (Ed.): Pacific Historical Review . 77, No. 2, 2008, pp. 273-275. doi : 10.1525 / phr.2008.77.2.273 .
- ↑ Stephanny Nunneley: Microsoft invite you to attend the Atari Landfill excavation on April 26 ( English ) In: VG247 . April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
- ↑ Game found in New Mexico: Atari classics from the desert grave will be auctioned , Spiegel online from September 12, 2014.
- ^ Brian Crecente: Unearthed ET Atari games will be sold at New Mexico space museum ( English ) In: Polygon . May 30, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ↑ Transformers 2 Filming in Alamogordo Again (English only)