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Magdalena

Magdalena is a town of 800 people in . It is the nearest town to the Very Large Array, an enormous radio astronomy observatory of interest to the scientifically-inclined traveler, and is a jumping-off point for some outdoor recreational opportunities in the region.
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  • Type: Village with 874 residents
  • Description: village in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States
  • Also known as: “Magdalena, New Mexico” and “Magdalena, NM”
  • Postal code: 87825

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hilton House.

Photo: Ammodramus, CC0.
The in Magdalena, New Mexico was built in about 1902. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was deemed significant "as one of the finest and most prominent houses in Magdalena." It was owned for a period by the Hilton family that operated a hotel in Magdalena.

Magdalena

Latitude
34.117° or 34° 7′ 1″ north
Longitude
-107.2434° or 107° 14′ 36″ west
Population
874
Elevation
6,572 feet (2,003 metres)
Open location code
856J4Q84+QM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151343955
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5477673
Wiki­data ID
Q603734
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Magdalena” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماغادالينا”
  • Basque: “Magdalena”
  • Catalan: “Magdalena”
  • Cebuano: “Magdalena”
  • Chinese: “Magdalena”
  • Chinese: “馬格達萊納 (新墨西哥州)”
  • Chinese: “馬格達萊納”
  • Croatian: “Magdalena, Novi Meksiko”
  • Croatian: “Magdalena”
  • Dutch: “Magdalena”
  • French: “Magdalena”
  • German: “Magdalena”
  • Gilaki: “مگدالنا”
  • Italian: “Magdalena”
  • Japanese: “マグダレーナ (ニュー・メキシコ州)”
  • Japanese: “マグダレーナ (ニューメキシコ州)”
  • Japanese: “マグダレーナ”
  • Ladin: “Magdalena”
  • Mazanderani: “ماگدالنا (نیومکزیکو)”
  • Mazanderani: “ماگدالنا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Magdalena”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Magdalena (New Mexico)”
  • Norwegian: “Magdalena”
  • Persian: “ماگدالنا”
  • Polish: “Magdalena”
  • Portuguese: “Magdalena”
  • Serbian: “Магдалена (Нови Мексико)”
  • Serbian: “Магдалена”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Magdalena, New Mexico”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Magdalena”
  • Slovenian: “Magdalena, Nova Mehika”
  • Slovenian: “Magdalena”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ماقدالنا، نیومکزیکو”
  • Spanish: “Magdalena (Nuevo México)”
  • Spanish: “Magdalena”
  • Ukrainian: “Магдаліна”
  • Volapük: “Magdalena”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Magdalena, New Mexico”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Magdalena”
  • Welsh: “Magdalena, New Mexico”
  • Welsh: “Magdalena”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Magdalena”. Photo: jclarson, CC BY 2.0.