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Alamogordo

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Al·a·mo·gor·do  (l-m-gôrd)
A city of south-central New Mexico northeast of Las Cruces. The first atomic bomb was exploded in a test on July 16, 1945, at the White Sands Missile Range northwest of the city. Population: 36,100.


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It was in Los Alamos, New Mexico that the atomic bomb was developed and then tested at a site near Alamogordo.
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