Amalia is an unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States.
Amalia, New Mexico | |
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The post office in Amalia | |
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Coordinates: 36°56′31″N 105°27′16″W | |
Country | United States |
States | New Mexico |
County | Taos |
Elevation | 8,146 ft (2,483 m) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
ZIP code | 87512 |
Area code(s) | 575 |
Website | amalianm |
Amalia is located near the Colorado border, on New Mexico State Road 196. The elevation is 8,143 feet (2,482 meters).[1]
Amalia has a post office, with the ZIP code 87512. The 87512 ZIP Code Tabulation Area had a population of 230 at the 2000 census.
Amalia was formerly known as Pina. A post office was established in 1900, before being renamed Amalia in 1919.[2]
In summer of 2018, at a remote site with a small camping trailer within a surrounding wall of car tires, five adults, 11 hungry children (ages 1 to 15), and later a dead child, were found. Court documents stated the children had been trained for shootings at schools.[3][4] Federal terrorism, kidnapping, and firearms charges were brought against five adults in March 2019.[5]
New Mexico portal
Assistant Attorney General John Demers said those attacks were being planned against federal law enforcement officers and members of the military.
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Municipalities and communities of Taos County, New Mexico, United States | ||
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County seat: Taos | ||
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Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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