Silent Zone

The Mapimí Silent Zone is the popular name for a desert patch near the in , , overlapping the . 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.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Region in Northwest Mexico
  • Also known as: “Mapimi Silent Zone” and “Mapimí Silent Zone”

Silent Zone

Latitude
26.74725° or 26° 44′ 50″ north
Longitude
-103.76473° or 103° 45′ 53″ west
Open location code
75RRP6WP+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8641923933
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q633166
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Silent Zone” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Səssiz zona”
  • Bengali: “মাপিমি সাইলেন্ট জোন”
  • Catalan: “Zona del Silenci”
  • Catalan: “Zona del Silencio”
  • Chinese: “馬皮米無線電寂靜地帶”
  • French: “Zona del Silencio”
  • French: “Zone du Silence”
  • Hungarian: “Csendes Zóna”
  • Hungarian: “Mapimí-medencei Csendes Zóna”
  • Hungarian: “Zona del Silencio”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Sunyi Mapimí”
  • Italian: “Zona del silenzio”
  • Japanese: “マピミ砂漠”
  • Malay: “Zon Senyap Mapimí”
  • Portuguese: “Zona do Silêncio”
  • Spanish: “Zona del Silencio”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng im lặng Mapimí”

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