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City and State Information for New Mexico
New Mexico
Land of Enchantment (1999)
Motto: Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes)
Population (2005): 1,928,384
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Cities and Towns |
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New Mexico Facts and Statistics |
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| Capital |
Santa Fe |
| Date entered the Union |
Jan. 6, 1912 (47th) |
| Land Area |
121,356 sq mi. (314,312 sq km) |
| Population Density |
15.0 people per square mile |
| Record High Temperature (F) |
122 (June 27, 1994) |
| Record High Temperature (C) |
50 |
| Record Low Temperature (F) |
–50 (February 01, 1951) |
| Record Low Temperature (C) |
–46 |
| Average Elevation |
5,700 feet |
| High Elevation |
13,161 feet |
| Low Elevation |
2,842 feet |
Origin of the name New Mexico: From Mexico, “place of Mexitli,” an Aztec god or leader
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State Symbols |
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A state's official symbols represent the composition and culture of the land and people who live and have lived here. Below are the symbols of New Mexico along with the year they became official.
| Flower | Yucca (1927) | | Tree | Pinon (1949) | | Animal | Black Bear (1963) | | Bird | Roadrunner (1949) | | Fish | Cutthroat Trout (1955) | | Vegetables | Chili And Frijol (1965) | | Gem | Turquoise (1967) | | Song | “O Fair New Mexico” (1917) | | Spanish-Language Song | “Asi Es Nuevo Méjico” (1971) | | Poem | “A Nuevo México” (1991) | | Grass | Blue Gramma (1973) | | Fossil | Coelophysis (1981) | | Cookie | Bizcochito (1989) | | Insect | Tarantula Hawk Wasp (1989) | | Ballad | “Land Of Enchantment” (1989) | | Bilingual Song | “New Mexico—Mi Lindo Nuevo Mexico”, (1995) | | Question | “Red Or Green?” (1999) |
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