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NICK NAME | Land of Enchantment. | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Santa Fe | |
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LARGEST CITY | Albuquerque | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Las Cruces | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Bernalillo | |
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AREA | 121,598 sq. miles; 121,365 sq. miles land, 234 sq. miles water. (5th Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 13,161 ft., Wheeler Peak (Taos County) | |
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LOWEST POINT | 2,817 ft., at Red Bluff Reservoir (Eddy County). | |
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ABBREVIATION | NM (postal); N.M. or N. Mex.(traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 505 | |
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TIME ZONE | Mountain | |
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PART OF REGION | Southwest | |
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ADMISSION DATE | January 6, 1912 (47th State) | |
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LOCATION | In the the wouthwest United States, bordering Texas, Nexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado & Oklahoma. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | Named by Spanish explorer Francisco de Ibarra in 1562 for the country of Mexico, of which it was a territory until the end of the Mexican War (1846 - 48). The name was originally applied to all territory north of New Spain, the Spanish colony that became Mexico. | |
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STATE ANIMAL | Black Bear (Ursus americanus) | |
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STATE BIRD | Chaparral Bird or Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) | |
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STATE COOKIE | Biscochito | |
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STATE FISH | Cutthroat Trout (Salmo clarki) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Yucca | |
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STATE FOSSIL | Coelophysis Dinosaur | |
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STATE GEM | Turquoise | |
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STATE GRASS | Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis) | |
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STATE INSECT | Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis formosa) | |
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STATE SONG | "O, Fair New Mexico" | |
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STATE TREE | Pinon (Pinus Edulis) | |
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STATE MOTTO | Crescit Eundo (Latin: "It Grows as it Goes") |
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