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New Mexico
Nuevo México
( Flag of New Mexico) ( Seal of New Mexico)
State nickname: Land of Enchantment
Other U.S. States
Capital

Santa Fe

Largest City

Albuquerque

Governor

Bill Richardson

Official languages

English language and Spanish language

Area

  - Total
  - Land
  - Water
  - % water

Ranked 5th

315,194 km²
314,590 km²
607 km²
0.2 %

Population

  - 2000 Census

Ranked 36th

1,819,046

Population density

  - 2000 Census

Ranked 45th

5.79 /km²

Admittance into Union

  - Order
  - Date


47th
January 6, 1912

Time zone Mountain: UTC-7/ -6
Latitude31°20'N to 37°N
Longitude103°W to 109°W
Width

Length
Elevation
  - Highest
  - Mean
  - Lowest

550 km

595 km
 
4,011 meters
1735 meters
866 meters

ISO 3166-2US-NM

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New Mexico is a state in the southwestern United States and its U.S. postal abbreviation is NM. The state's two official languages are English and Spanish. Nuevo México was the Spanish name for the territory north and west of the Rio Grande.

USS New Mexico was named in honor of this state.

1 History

New Mexico is centered on the Rio Grande valley, the historical center of Spanish settlement and conquest of the Pueblo peopleThe Pueblo People are a group of Native Americans who live in New Mexico and in Arizona. When first encountered by the Spanish in the 1500s they were living in adobe and stonework towns, mainly in the Rio Grande valley and thus were called "Pueblos," pueb, Native AmericanNative Americans (also Indians Aboriginal Peoples American Indians First Nations Alaskan Natives or Indigenous Peoples of America are the indigenous inhabitants of Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. This term compri tribes who lived in small towns along the Rio Grande and nearby as at Acoma. In 1540, the Spanish conquistador Coronado trekked through the area known today as New Mexico in search of the fabled seven cities of gold.

The incorporation of the modern-day state's territory into the United States was a gradual process. The northeastern corner was ceded by FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. in 1803Events January 30 Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to discuss, and possibly buy, New Orleans. They end completing the Louisiana Purchase. February 24 The Supreme Court of the United States, in Marbury v. Madison establishes the principle of judicial r as part of the Louisiana PurchaseVia the Louisiana Purchase the United States acquired more than 529,911,680 acres (2,144,476 km2) of territory from France in 1803 for $15 million (which, if adjusted for inflation, would equal approximately $184 million in 2003). The French territory of. The remainder of what is now New Mexico was then wholly claimed by the Spanish colony of New SpainFlag of New Spain New Spain (in the Spanish language Nueva Espana was the name given to the Spanish colonial territory in North America from c. 1525 to 1821. The Capital of New Spain was Mexico City. New Spain was ruled by a Viceroy appointed by the King and its successor state (after 1810), the Republic of Mexico. The incorporation of this territory into the USA came in three stages: the portion to the east of the Rio Grande was claimed by the breakaway Republic of Texas when it seceded from Mexico in 1836; this territory was transferred to the federal government by Texas in 1850. Most of the western portion of the state (to the west of the river) was surrendered by Mexico under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848. Finally, the southwestern corner of the state (the "boot heel") was ceded by Mexico under the 1853 Gadsden Purchase. The Territory of New Mexico was established on September 9 1850; under the terms of the Missouri Compromise, slavery was legal in the territory, but does not appear to have taken significant hold there. The eastern half of the territory became the State of New Mexico, which was admitted to the Union as its 47th member on January 6, 1912, the western half being admitted separately as the 48th state of Arizona on February 14, 1912.

New Mexico is home to two national laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

The first atomic bomb was detonated at the Trinity site in the desert on the Alamogordo Test Range on July 16, 1945.





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