Silent Zone
The Mapimí Silent Zone is the popular name for a desert patch near the Bolsón de Mapimí in Durango, Mexico, overlapping the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve. It is the subject of an urban legend that claims it is an area where radio signals and any type of communications cannot be received.
- Tourist attraction
- …is also known as “Mapimí Silent Zone”
- Description: Region in Northwest Mexico
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude
26.74725° or 26° 44′ 50″ north
Longitude
-103.76473° or 103° 45′ 53″ west
Open location code
75RRP6WP+V4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Silent Zone” goes by many names.
Səssiz zonaAzerbaijani
মাপিমি সাইলেন্ট জোনBengali
Zona del SilenciCatalan
Zona del SilencioCatalan
馬皮米無線電寂靜地帶Chinese
Csendes ZónaHungarian
Mapimí-medencei Csendes ZónaHungarian
Zona del SilencioHungarian
Daerah Sunyi MapimíIndonesian
Zona del silenzioItalian
マピミ砂漠Japanese
Zon Senyap MapimíMalay
Vùng im lặng MapimíVietnamese
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