Los Alamos County

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administrative territorial entity county

Los Alamos County is a small, high-altitude county in northern New Mexico best known as the home of Los Alamos National Laboratory and the historic Manhattan Project town of Los Alamos.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Los Alamos County, New Mexico	21
Los Alamos County canonical	3
Los Alamos County government	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T989076 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Los Alamos County
Context triple: [Pajarito Plateau, county, Los Alamos County]

A. Santa Fe County
Santa Fe County is a county in north-central New Mexico that includes the state capital, Santa Fe, and is known for its rich history, Pueblo and Spanish colonial heritage, and high-desert landscapes.
B. El Paso County
El Paso County is a county-level jurisdiction in western Texas that includes the city of El Paso and forms part of the U.S.–Mexico border region.
C. Socorro County, New Mexico
Socorro County, New Mexico is a largely rural county in central New Mexico known for its role in early nuclear history as the location of the Trinity test site.
D. Lincoln County, New Mexico
Lincoln County, New Mexico is a rural county in south-central New Mexico known historically for the Lincoln County War and its association with Billy the Kid.
E. De Baca County
De Baca County is a sparsely populated rural county in eastern New Mexico known for ranching, agriculture, and its small county seat of Fort Sumner.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Los Alamos County
Target entity description: Los Alamos County is a small, high-altitude county in northern New Mexico best known as the home of Los Alamos National Laboratory and the historic Manhattan Project town of Los Alamos.

A. Santa Fe County
Santa Fe County is a county in north-central New Mexico that includes the state capital, Santa Fe, and is known for its rich history, Pueblo and Spanish colonial heritage, and high-desert landscapes.
B. El Paso County
El Paso County is a county-level jurisdiction in western Texas that includes the city of El Paso and forms part of the U.S.–Mexico border region.
C. Socorro County, New Mexico
Socorro County, New Mexico is a largely rural county in central New Mexico known for its role in early nuclear history as the location of the Trinity test site.
D. Lincoln County, New Mexico
Lincoln County, New Mexico is a rural county in south-central New Mexico known historically for the Lincoln County War and its association with Billy the Kid.
E. De Baca County
De Baca County is a sparsely populated rural county in eastern New Mexico known for ranching, agriculture, and its small county seat of Fort Sumner.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ county ⓘ
associatedWith	national security research ⓘ nuclear science ⓘ
borderedBy	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico ⓘ surface form: Rio Arriba County Sandoval County, New Mexico ⓘ surface form: Sandoval County
climate	semi-arid ⓘ
contains	Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory residential communities for laboratory staff ⓘ Los Alamos, New Mexico ⓘ surface form: town of Los Alamos
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countySeat	Los Alamos, New Mexico ⓘ surface form: Los Alamos
elevation	high-altitude ⓘ
geographicalCharacteristic	small area ⓘ
governmentType	county government ⓘ
hasEconomicBase	federal government employment ⓘ scientific research ⓘ
hasFeature	forested highlands ⓘ mesa and canyon topography ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	World War II scientific research ⓘ development of nuclear weapons ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Los Alamos, New Mexico ⓘ surface form: Los Alamos White Rock ⓘ
knownFor	Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory Manhattan Project ⓘ
largestSettlement	Los Alamos, New Mexico ⓘ surface form: Los Alamos
locatedIn	northern New Mexico ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn	Pajarito Plateau ⓘ
namedFor	Los Alamos, New Mexico ⓘ surface form: Los Alamos
partOf	Four Corners region ⓘ surface form: Four Corners region (broadly defined) Bureau of the Census ⓘ surface form: United States Census Bureau northern New Mexico region ⓘ
populationCharacteristic	small population ⓘ
state	New Mexico ⓘ

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