Amalia, New Mexico | |
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Coordinates: 36°56′31″N 105°27′16″W / 36.94194°N 105.45444°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 | 575 |
Website | amalianm |
Amalia is an unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States.
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]