Amalia is an

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Taos County Taos County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,937. Its county seat is Taos. The county was formed in 1852 as one of the original nine counties in New Mexico Territory. Taos County compris ...

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

, United States.

Description

Amalia is located near the

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border, on

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. The elevation is . Amalia has a post office, with the ZIP code 87512. The 87512

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had a population of 230 at the 2000 census.

History

Amalia was formerly known as Pina. A post office was established in 1900, before being renamed Amalia in 1919. 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.New Mexico compound suspects were training children for school shootings, prosecutors say
cnn.com, 8 August 2018. Federal terrorism, kidnapping, and firearms charges were brought against five adults in March 2019.

References

External links

Amalia Populated Place Profile / Taos County, New Mexico Data
Unincorporated communities in New Mexico Unincorporated communities in Taos County, New Mexico Terrorist training camps {{NewMexico-geo-stub