Portal:New Mexico

New Mexico state symbols
	The Flag of New Mexico
	The Seal of New Mexico
Living insignia
Bird	Greater roadrunner
Fish	Rio Grande cutthroat trout
Flower	Yucca
Grass	Blue grama
Mammal	American black bear
Reptile	New Mexico whiptail
Tree	Two-needle piñon
Inanimate insignia
Colors	Red and yellow
Food	Chile peppers, pinto beans, and biscochitos
Fossil	Coelophysis
Gemstone	Turquoise
State route marker
State quarter
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Introduction

New Mexico (Spanish: Nuevo México Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnweβo ˈmexiko] (listen), Navajo: Yootó Hahoodzo pronounced [jòːtxó xɑ̀xʷòːtsò]) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States of America; its capital and cultural center is Santa Fe, which was founded in 1610 as capital of Nuevo México (itself established as a province of New Spain in 1598), while its largest city is Albuquerque with its accompanying metropolitan area. It is one of the Mountain States and shares the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona; its other neighboring states are Oklahoma to the northeast, Texas to the east-southeast, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua to the south and Sonora to the southwest. With a population around two million, New Mexico is the 36th state by population. With a total area of 121,592 sq mi (314,920 km²), it is the fifth-largest and sixth-least densely populated of the 50 states. Due to their geographic locations, northern and eastern New Mexico exhibit a colder, alpine climate, while western and southern New Mexico exhibit a warmer, arid climate.

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The Four Corners region is in the red area on this map

The Four Corners Monument, placed by the Interior Department at the exact point.

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 36°59′56.31532″N 109°02′42.62019″W / 36.9989764778°N 109.0451722750°W / 36.9989764778; -109.0451722750 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.

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State Facts

Nickname: Land of Enchantment
Capital: Santa Fe
State Officers
- Governor: Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)
- Lieutenant Governor: Howie Morales (D)
- Secretary of State: Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D)
- Attorney General: Hector Balderas (D)
- Treasurer: Tim Eichenberg (D)
- Auditor: Brian Colón (D)
- Commissioner of Public Lands: Stephanie Garcia Richard (D)

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: 2,059,179 (2010 US Census)
Date admitted to the Union: January 6, 1912,

Senators: Martin Heinrich (D), Tom Udall (D)
Representatives: Deb Haaland (D), Xochitl Torres Small (D), Ben Ray Luján (D)

State symbols:
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:	Rio Grande cutthroat trout
State Insect:	Tarantula Hawk Wasp
State Butterfly:	Sandia Hairstreak
State Cookie:	Bizcochito
State Vegetables:	Hatch chile and Pinto Bean
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 chile)

Did You Know?

... that NM is full of volcanoes: All major civic centers along the Río Grande are near young volcanoes, and Los Alamos is near the Valles Caldera (a supervolcano that exploded 1.25 million years ago).
... 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 it's the chile capital of the world.
... that in the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot of 1980, 33 inmates were killed.
... the first European set foot in New Mexico in 1539, and he was black.
... that the Santa Fe Indian Market (an annual art market held in Santa Fe) draws an estimated 100,000 people.
... that NM is second only to Georgia in pecan production.
... that it's one of eight states that funds college scholarships with state lottery funds.
... that it has part of the nation's largest American Indian Reservation.
... that in 1957, the Air force accidentally dropped an H-bomb without a plutonium core in the city of Albuquerque, killing one cow.

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