Businesses and Places in New Mexico
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New Mexico Facts and Information
Abbreviation | NM |
Capital | Santa Fe |
Size | Total (Land + Water) 121,589 sq miles; Land Only 121,356 sq miles |
Number of Counties | 33 |
Time Zone | Mountain Time Zone |
Bordering States | Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah |
Highest Point | Wheeler Peak, 13,167 feet |
National Parks | Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
Population (2015) | 2,085,109 |
Population Density | 17.2 people / square mile |
Area Codes | 505, 575, 957 |
Top 5 Cities (2010 population) | Albuquerque (545,852)
Las Cruces (97,618) Rio Rancho (87,521) Santa Fe (67,947) Roswell (48,366) |
Statehood | January 6, 1912 |
Electoral Votes | 5 |
Governor | Official New Mexico Governor Website |
U. S. Senators | List of U. S. Senators From New Mexico |
U. S. Representatives | List of U. S. Representatives From New Mexico |
Senators | List of New Mexico State Senators |
Representatives | List of New Mexico State Representatives |
Government | Official Site |
Constitution | New Mexico State Constitution |
Road Conditions | New Mexico Road Conditions |
Quarter Issue Date | April 7, 2008 |
Aircraft | Hot air balloon |
Amphibian | New Mexico spadefoot toad |
Animal | New Mexico black bear |
Bird | Roadrunner |
Butterfly | Sandia hairstreak |
Cookie | Bizcochito |
Cowboy Song | "Under the New Mexico Skies" |
Fish | New Mexico cutthroat trout |
Flower | Yucca |
Folklorist | Claude Stephenson |
Fossil | Coelophysis |
Gem | Turquoise |
Grass | Blue grama grass |
Guitar | New Mexico sunrise |
Insect | Tarantula hawk wasp |
Mammal | Smokey bear |
Motto | Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes) |
Necklace | Squash blossom necklace |
Nickname | Land of Enchantment |
Poem | "A Nuevo Mexico" |
Question | "Red or green?" |
Reptile | New Mexico whiptail lizard |
Tie | Bolo tie |
Train | Cumbres & Toltec Railroad |
Tree | Pinon pine |
Vegetable | Chile and frijoles |
NCAA Division I Schools | University of New Mexico (Mountain West)
New Mexico State University (WAC) |
Gas Tax | $0.1888 / Gallon |
Cigarette Tax | $1.66 / Pack |
Tourist Attractions | Los Alamos City in New Mexico, home to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the research center for the Manhattan Project. |
Tourist Attractions | White Sands National Monument National monument located in southern New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | Taos Ski Valley Ski resort in Taos County, New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | Bandelier National Monument National monument near Los Alamos, New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | Sandia Peak Tramway Aerial tramway in Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | Angel Fire Resort Ski resort in Angel Fire, New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | Philmont Scout Ranch Mountain ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | Taos Pueblo Ancient pueblo (Native American community) near Taos, New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | Cliff's Amusement Park Amusement park in Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | Loretto Chapel Wedding chapel famous for its Miraculous Staircase, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | ABQ BioPark Aquarium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | Carlsbad Caverns National Park National park in southern New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | Petroglyph National Monument National monument in Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | Albuquerque Museum Art and history museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Radio astronomy observatory on the Plains of San Agustin, about 50 miles west of Socorro, New Mexico. |
Tourist Attractions | Sandia Mountains Mountain range near Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
Fun Facts | New Mexico was named by the Spanish for lands north of the Rio Grande (Nuevo Mexico). The word Mexico is named after Mexitli, an Aztec war god. Mexico means 'place where Mexitli lives." |
Fun Facts | At 7,198 feet above sea level, Santa Fe is the highest capital city in the United States. |
Fun Facts | New Mexico has the largest Hispanic population of all the states. As of 2010, about 46.3% of the state's population are Hispanics. |
Fun Facts | Micro-Soft was founded on April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The company moved to Bellevue, Washington, in 1979 since it was hard to recruit top programmers to Albuquerque. |
Fun Facts | The nine-day Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta held each October is the largest balloon convention in the world. |
Fun Facts | New Mexico's the only state with an official question "Red or green?" |
Fun Facts | Founded in 1610, Santa Fe, New Mexico is the oldest capital city in the United States. |
Fun Facts | The world's first detonation of a nuclear weapon took place on July 16, 1945, in the Jornada del Muerto desert about 35 miles southeast of Socorro, New Mexico. |
Fun Facts | New Mexico is one of the states that form the Four Corners, the only location in the United States where four states intersect at one point. The other three states are Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. |
Fun Facts | New Mexico is the only state in the United States where lawmakers don't receive salaries. New Mexico's lawmakers do enjoy a generous pension plan. |
Name Origin | From Mexico, “place of Mexitli,” an Aztec god or leader |
Residents Names | New Mexican |
Tourism Office Website | www.newmexico.org |
Tourism Office Phone Number | 800-733-6396 ext. 0643 |
Cities in New Mexico to visit
- Alamogordo
- Albuquerque
- Angel Fire
- Anthony
- Artesia
- Aztec
- Belen
- Bernalillo
- Bloomfield
- Bosque Farms
- Carlsbad
- Chaparral
- Clayton
- Cloudcroft
- Clovis
- Corrales
- Deming
- Edgewood
- Espanola
- Eunice
- Farmington
- Gallup
- Grants
- Hobbs
- Jal
- Kirtland
- Las Cruces
- Las Vegas
- Lordsburg
- Los Alamos
- Los Lunas
- Lovington
- Moriarty
- Pojoaque
- Portales
- Raton
- Red River
- Rio Rancho
- Roswell
- Ruidoso
- Santa Fe
- Santa Rosa
- Santa Teresa
- Shiprock
- Silver City
- Socorro
- Sunland Park
- Taos
- Truth Or Consequences
- Tucumcari