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| Albuquerque
/ New Mexico
State Statistics |
| New
Mexico State Flag |
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| NEW
MEXICO
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| ALBUQUERQUE |
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| AREA |
(land) 121,356 sq miles (water) 234 sq miles (TOTAL) 121,590 sq miles |
| CAPITAL |
Santa Fe |
| FAMOUS DATES
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Organized as territory: Sept. 9, 1850, Entered Union (rank): Jan. 6, 1912 (47)
Present constitution adopted: 1911
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| LOCATION
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35.678N, 105.954W |
| MEAN ELEVATION
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(average) 5,709 ft. |
| HIGHEST
POINT |
Wheeler Peak; 13,161 feet, 8th |
| LOWEST
POINT |
Red Bluff Lake; 2,817 feet, 48th |
| COUNTIES |
33 |
| COASTLINE |
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| GEOGRAPHIC CENTER |
approximately 12 miles to the southwest of Willard, in Torrence County
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| STATE FOSSIL
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coelophysis (1981) |
| STATE GRASS
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blue gramma (1973) |
| STATE REPTILE
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| STATE ROCK
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| STATE GEMSTONE
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turquoise (1967) |
| STATE FLAG
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The yellow field and red symbol colors are the colors of Spain. First brought to New Mexico by Spanish explorers in 1540. On New Mexico's flag we see a red sun with rays streching out from it. There are four groups of rays with four rays in each group. This is an ancient sun symbol of a Native American people called the Zia. The Zia believed that the giver of all good gave them gifts in groups of four. These gifts are: 1. The four directions - north, east, south and west. 2. The four seasons - spring, summer, fall and winter. 3. The day - sunrise, noon, evening and night.
4. Life itself - childhood, youth, middle years and old age. 5. All of these are bound by a circle of life and love, without a beginning or end |
| STATE COLORS
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| STATE SEAL
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| STATE SLOGAN
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You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here! |
| STATE
MOTTO
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Crescit eundo It grows as it goes |
| STATE SONG
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O, Fair New Mexico |
| STATE TREE
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Pinyon Pine Pinus edulis |
| STATE BIRD
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roadrunner (1949) |
| STATE ANIMAL
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black bear (1963) |
| STATE FISH
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cutthroat trout (1955) |
| STATE METAL
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| STATE NICKNAMES
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Land of Enchantment |
| STATE FLOWER
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Yucca flower Yucca glauca |
| BORDERING
STATES
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Arizona Colorado Oklahoma Texas Utah |
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