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New Mexico is one of the 50 states in the United States, and one of the last to be admitted into the union. Admitted on January 6, 1912 it became the 47th state. Located in the southwestern region of the US, New Mexico is the 4th largest state in the continental US, but is among the least populated with a population density of only 15 per square mile. With a high percentage of Hispanic Americans and Native Americans, the demographics and culture of the state has a unique Spanish, Mexican, and American Indian influence. The climate of the state is highly arid and its territory is mostly covered by mountains and desert.
The Four Corners is the survey point at the intersection of the four U.S. states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona and the high desert plateau region surrounding that point in the southwestern United States. This is the only point in the United States where four states touch. Three of the four state corners are on the Navajo Indian Reservation. The fourth corner, Colorado, is on the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation.
The Four Corners Monument located there has a per person admission fee. Four Corners Monument is located at the coordinates according to the U.S. National Geodetic Survey. US Highway 160 runs nearby while New Mexico State Road 597 serves as access road to the monument.
Because the Four Corners is part of a high Colorado Plateau, it is often a center for weather systems, which stabilize on the plateau, then proceed eastward toward the central and mountain states. This weather system creates snow and rainfall on the central part of the USA.
- Nickname: Land of Enchantment
- Capital: Santa Fe
- State Officers
- Governor: Bill Richardson (D)
- Lieutenant Governor: Diane Denish (D)
- Secretary of State: Mary Herrera
- Attorney General: Gary King
- Treasurer: James Lewis
- Comptroller General:
- Secretary of Education: Veronica García
- Secretary of Agriculture: Miley Gonzalez
- Adjutant General: General Kenny Montoya
- Total area: 121,665 sq.mi
- Land: 121,356 sq.mi
- Water: 234 sq.mi
- Highest elevation: 13,161 ft (Wheeler Peak, Colfax County)
- Population (2000 census) 1,928,384
- Date admitted to the Union: January 6, 1912,
- Senators: Pete Domenici (R), Jeff Bingaman (D)
- Representatives: Heather Wilson (R), Steve Pearce (R), Tom Udall (D)
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| State Capital: | Santa Fe |
| State Mottos: | "Crescit eundo" ("It Grows as It Goes") |
| State Songs: | "O Fair New Mexico" |
| State Tree: | Two-Needle Piñon Pine |
| State Flower: | Yucca flower |
| State Grasses: | Blue grama |
| State Bird: | Greater roadrunner |
| State Animal: | Black Bear |
| State Reptile: | New Mexico Whiptail Lizard |
| State Amphibian: | New Mexico Spadefoot Toad |
| State Fish: | Cutthroat Trout |
| State Insect: | Tarantula Hawk Wasp |
| State Butterfly: | Red Admiral |
| State Cookie: | Bizcochito |
| State Vegetables | Chiles and Frijoles (refried beans) |
| State Rock: | Turquoise |
| State Poem: | A Nuevo Mexico |
| State Ships: | USS New Mexico (BB-40) & USS New Mexico (SSN-779) |
| State Quarter |  |
| State Question: | Red or green? (Asked of restaurant patrons who order chili) |
- ... that Lincoln National Forest was the birthplace of the American Black Bear cub that became the living symbol of Smokey Bear.
- ... that Roswell, NM was a site for much of Robert Goddard's early rocketry work.
- ... that Taos Pueblo has been continuously inhabited for more than 1,000 years.
- ... that in the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot of 1980, 33 inmates were killed.
- ... that the Santa Fe Indian Market (an annual art market held in Santa Fe) draws an estimated 100,000 people.
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Hotel "Inn and Spa at Loretto"
near to the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Photo credit: User:JuliusR
- August 7 – 5 people were killed in a medical plane crashed that was on route to the University of New Mexico Hospital.
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John Albert Elway, Jr. (born June 28, 1960) played American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Denver Broncos from 1983 through 1998. Regarded by many as one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, Elway holds college and professional records and was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is the only quarterback to have started in five Super Bowls, having won two.
- Santa Fe
- Taos County
- Taos Pueblo
- Taos art colony
- Taos Ski Valley
- Acoma Sky Pueblo
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- White Sands National Monument, the Trinity Site, and Missile Range, Alamogordo
- Albuquerque
- Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
- Old Town Albuquerque
- Petroglyph National Monument
- New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
- Rio Grande Zoo
- Albuquerque Biological Park
- Sandia Peak Tramway
- National Atomic Museum
- Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
- Expo New Mexico, formerly the New Mexico State Fairgrounds
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park, San Juan Basin
- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, Chama
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Silver City
- Roswell
- Upham
- Black Jack Ketchum in Clayton
- Billy the Kid Museum, Fort Sumner
- Historic Lincoln, Ruidoso, and Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation
- Sierra County Recreation and Tourism website link
- Silver City was a gold mining town in the Wild West.
- The Piños Altos is a ghost town located near Silver City.
- Acoma Pueblo & Mission
- Socorro
- Catron County
The state also has a number of casinos located on Native American Indian Reservations that attract thousands of visitors each year.
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