Flag of New Mexico
Capital:
Santa Fe
Population:
1,874,614
Governor:
Bill Richardson (D)
Statehood:
47th
state admitted on
January 6, 1912
Motto:
Crescit Eundo (It Grows As It Goes)
Nickname:
The Land of Enchantment
State Song:
O, Fair New Mexico
State Bird:
Roadrunner
State Flower:
Yucca Flower
State Tree:
PiƱon
Information on New Mexico — economy, government, culture, state map and flag, major cities, points of interest, famous residents, state motto, symbols, nicknames, and other trivia. ... The U.S. acquired most of New Mexico in 1848, as a result of the Mexican War, and the remainder in the 1853 Gadsden Purchase.
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New Mexico fast facts and trivia in no particular order! Submitted by readers. ... The province that was once Spanish New Mexico included all of present day New Mexico, most of Colorado and Arizona, and slices of Utah, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Wyoming.
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; New Mexico Map Quiz/Printout; New Mexico Outline Map Printout ... ; New Mexico was the 47th state in the USA; it became a state on January 6, 1912 . ... US State Facts, Map and State Symbols...
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New Mexico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Mexico (/nuːˈmɛksɨkoʊ/) is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Inhabited by Native American populations for many centuries, it has also been part of the Imperial Span...
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O Fair New Mexico and Asi es Nuevo Mexico ... New Mexico borders Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. ... Just the Facts...
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Fun and interesting facts about the State of New Mexico. ... On July 16, 1945, the United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at the Trinity Bomb Site in central New Mexico. The bomb was the creation of the Manhattan Project, led by Major General Leslie Groves, which had been commissioned to build a nuclear...
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