New Mexico
New Mexico
47th State
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Origin of the State
Origin of the name: from Mexico, "place of
Mexitli" an Aztec god or leader
Name: New Mexico
Abbreviation: N.M./NM
Nickname: Land of Enchantment (1999)
Basic
Capital: Santa Fe
Motto: Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes)
Language: English/Spanish
Number of counties: 33
Geographic center: Torrance Co., 12 mi. SSW
of Willard.
Size
Land area: 121,356 sq mi. (314,312 sq km)
Population est.: 2,059,179 (2010)
New Mexico is smaller than Estonia.
By size NM is in 5th
place.
State flag
The flag of New Mexico.
First time in New Mexico :
Spanish explorers in 1540.
On the flag: Red sun with rays stretching out
from it.
Joining the Union
Jan. 6, 1912.
47th state
Not a state at the time of the Civil War. (Union)
Symbols
Flower: yucca
Tree: pinon
Animal: black bear
Bird: roadrunner
Fish: cutthroat trout
Vegetables: chili and frijol
Gem: turquoise
Song: "O Fair New M...
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