Los Alamos, New Mexico

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census-designated place county seat town

Los Alamos, New Mexico is a small town in northern New Mexico best known as the birthplace of the atomic bomb and a historic center of U.S. nuclear research.

Aliases (7)

Los Alamos ×13
Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States ×6
Los Alamos County, New Mexico ×5
Los Alamos townsite ×3
Los Alamos County ×1
Los Alamos Ranch School site ×1
city of Los Alamos ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	census-designated place → county seat → town →
adjacentTo	Bandelier National Monument → Santa Fe National Forest →
areaCode	505 →
associatedWith	J. Robert Oppenheimer → U.S. Department of Energy →
climate	continental high-desert climate →
country	United States →
county	Los Alamos County →
daylightSavingTimeZone	Mountain Daylight Time →
demographicsFeature	high median household income compared to U.S. average → high proportion of residents with advanced degrees →
distanceTo	approximately 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe →
economicBase	federal government employment → scientific research →
elevation	approximately 7,300 feet above sea level →
foundedAs	Los Alamos Ranch School site →
governmentType	county government (combined city-county) →
hasAttraction	Bradbury Science Museum → Los Alamos Historical Museum → Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Los Alamos unit) →
hasEducationalInstitution	Los Alamos High School → University of New Mexico Los Alamos branch campus →
hasResearchInstitution	Los Alamos National Laboratory →
historicalEvent	site of Manhattan Project laboratory →
historicalPeriod	World War II →
is	county seat of Los Alamos County →
knownFor	Los Alamos National Laboratory → Manhattan Project → U.S. nuclear research → birthplace of the atomic bomb →
languageMajority	English →
locatedIn	Jemez Mountains region → Pajarito Plateau →
locatedInRegion	northern New Mexico →
namedAfter	Los Alamos Ranch School →
near	Santa Fe, New Mexico →
postalCode	87544 → 87545 →
role	major center of U.S. national security research → major center of U.S. nuclear weapons research →
secondaryLanguage	Spanish →
state	New Mexico →
timeZone	Mountain Time Zone →
transportInfrastructure	New Mexico State Road 4 → New Mexico State Road 502 →

Referenced by (59)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bradbury Science Museum → Los Alamos High School → Los Alamos Historical Museum → Los Alamos Historical Museum ("Los Alamos County, New Mexico") → Los Alamos Laboratory → Los Alamos Ranch School → Los Alamos Ranch School ("Los Alamos County, New Mexico") → Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Historic District ("Los Alamos") → Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Los Alamos unit) → Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Los Alamos unit) ("Los Alamos County, New Mexico") → V-Site buildings →	locatedIn
Ashley Pond II → Katherine Oppenheimer ("Los Alamos") → Katherine Oppenheimer ("Los Alamos") → Katherine Puening ("Los Alamos") → Kitty Oppenheimer → Klaus Fuchs ("Los Alamos") → Norris Bradbury → Norris Bradbury ("Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States") →	residence
Hans Bethe → Louis Slotin → Norris Bradbury → Norris Bradbury ("Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States") → Richard Feynman ("Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States") → Robert F. Christy → Robert Serber →	workLocation
Louis Slotin ("Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States") → Norris Bradbury ("Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States") → Norris Bradbury ("Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States") →	placeOfDeath
Bradbury Science Museum ("Los Alamos") → University of New Mexico Los Alamos branch campus ("Los Alamos") →	city
Jemez Mountains region ("Los Alamos") → Santa Fe National Forest ("city of Los Alamos") →	near
Bandelier National Monument → Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Los Alamos unit) →	nearestCity
Pajarito Plateau ("Los Alamos townsite") →	contains
Los Alamos, New Mexico ("Los Alamos County") →	county
Los Alamos, New Mexico ("Los Alamos Ranch School site") →	foundedAs
Northern New Mexico ("Los Alamos") →	hasMajorCity
Manhattan Project sites →	hasPart
Ashley Pond II →	hasSignificantPlace
Los Alamos Public Schools →	headquartersLocation
Pajarito Plateau ("Los Alamos") →	knownFor
Los Alamos High School ("Los Alamos County, New Mexico") →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Bandelier National Monument ("Los Alamos County, New Mexico") →	locatedInCounty
Project Y →	location
Manhattan Engineer District →	locationOfActivity
Manhattan Project →	mainSiteLocation
Atomic Quest ("Los Alamos") →	narrativeLocation
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Historic District ("Los Alamos townsite") →	partOf
Ashley Pond II →	placeOfActivity
New Mexico State Road 502 →	primaryAccessTo
New Mexico State Road 4 →	providesAccessTo
Los Alamos Public Schools →	serves
Los Alamos High School →	servesCommunity
Oppenheimer (2023 film) ("Los Alamos") →	setInPlace
What Do You Care What Other People Think? ("Los Alamos") →	setting
Los Alamos Ranch School ("Los Alamos townsite") →	successorInstitutionOnSite
New Mexico State Road 502 →	westernTerminus