Alamogordo, New Mexico

Alamogordo is a city in Otero County, New Mexico, United States of America. The population was 35,582 at the 2000 census. The city name is a Spanish word meaning "fat cottonwood". It is the county seat of Otero County.  Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range are two major military bases located near Alamogordo. The town has had its share of glory as being the birthplace of the first chimp in space, the first test site for the atomic bomb and the burial ground for a rumored 3 million Atari E.T. cartridges.
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