Los Alamos, New Mexico

Los Alamos, New Mexico
Census-designated place
A westward aerial view of Los Alamos
Nickname(s):  Atomic City; The Hill; Site Y; Secret City (past)
Motto:  "Where discoveries are made"
Location of Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Coordinates: 35°53′28″N 106°15′50″W / 35.89111°N 106.26389°W / 35.89111; -106.26389
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Los Alamos
Area [1]
• Total	11.11 sq mi (28.77 km2)
• Land	11.11 sq mi (28.77 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	7,300 ft (2,200 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	13,179
• Density	1,186.44/sq mi (458.09/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
ZIP codes	87544, 87547
Area code	505
FIPS code	35-42320
GNIS feature ID	2408132[2]

Los Alamos (Spanish: Los Álamos, meaning The Cottonwoods) is a census-designated place in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States, that is recognized as one of the development and creation places of the atomic bomb—the primary objective of the Manhattan Project by Los Alamos National Laboratory during World War II. The town is located on four mesas of the Pajarito Plateau, and had a population of about 13,200 as of 2020.^[4] It is the county seat and one of two population centers in the county known as census-designated places (CDPs); the other is White Rock.