Capital
City: |
Santa Fe |
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Nickname: |
Land of
Enchantment |
Motto: |
Crescit Eundo
(It Grows As It Goes) |
Statehood: |
January 6, 1912
(47th) |
Origin
of State's Name: |
Named by the
Spanish for lands north of the Rio Grande River. |
Largest
Cities: |
Albuquerque, Las
Cruces, Santa Fe, Rio Rancho, Roswell |
Border
States: |
Arizona,
Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah |
Land
Area: |
121,359 sq. mi.,
5th largest |
State
Bird: |
Roadrunner |
State
Flower: |
Yucca Flower
(yucca glauca) |
State
Tree: |
PiƱon (pinus
edulis) |
State
Songs: |
O, Fair New
Mexico
Asi es Nuevo Mejico |
E-mail
your Congressperson: |
U.S. House: 110th
Congress
U.S. Senate: 110th
Congress
Or look up your Congressperson in the Congressional
Directory database! |