Magdalena
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village in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Socorro
- Total
- 6.22 sq mi (16.12 km )
- Land
- 6.22 sq mi (16.12 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 6,664 ft (2,031 m)
- Density
- 130/sq mi (50/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 35-46310
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village in the United States
- Official name
- Magdalena
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Socorro County
- Population
- 806
- Area
- 16.215301
- Elevation
- 2003
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Image
- Magdalena NM Main Street.jpg
- Households
- 264
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- twinned administrative body
- San Pedro de Atacama
- Commons category
- Magdalena, New Mexico
- postal code
- 87825
- water as percent of area
- 0
- different from
- Magdalena
- per capita income
- 27409
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Bank of Magdelena building Magdalena is a village in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Magdalena had a population of 806.
"The Lady on the Mountain" is a rock formation on Magdalena Peak overlooking Magdalena. Spanish soldiers saw the profile of a woman on the west face of the peak. A priest with them was reminded of a similar peak in Spain called "La Sierra de Maria Magdalena", so he called the New Mexico one "La Sierra de Magdalena". The pass to the south of the peak became known as Magdalena Gap, and when a town grew up it received the same name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Magdalena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.