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DATE ADMITTED INTO THE UNION
January 6, 1912

CAPITAL
Sante Fe

NICKNAME
Land of Enchantment

MOTTO
Crescit Eundo (It grows as it goes)

STATE FISH
New Mexico Cutthroat Trout or Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis)

STATE FLOWER
Yucca Flower (Yucca glauca)

STATE INSECT
Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis formosa)

STATE TREE
Nut Pine or Pinon Tree (Pinus edulis)

STATE SONG
"O' Fair New Mexico" by Elizabeth Garrett

TOTAL AREA
121,598 square miles

HIGHEST POINT
13,161 feet (Wheeler Peak)

LOWEST POINT
2,842 feet (Red Bluff Reservation)

POPULATION
1,819,046

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
Longitude: 103°W to 109°W Latitude: 31° 20'N to 37°N

GEOGRAPHIC CENTER
The geographic center of New Mexico is located in Torrence County, 12 miles SSW of Willard. Longitude: 106° 6.7'W Latitude: 34° 30.1'N

STATE BORDER
New Mexico is bordered by Colorado on the north. On the south, New Mexico is bordered by Texas and New Mexico shares an international border with Mexico. On the east, New Mexico is bordered by Oklahoma and Texas. On the west, New Mexico is bordered by Arizona.

MAJOR RIVERS
Rio Grande, Pecos River

STATE BIRD
Chaparral Bird or Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)-->

SPOTLIGHT NEW MEXICO HOTELS
Villas de Santa Fe Villas de Santa Fe
Sunterra Villas De Santa Fe is located approximately 65 miles from the Albuquerque International Sunport and five blocks from the historic Santa Fe Pl...

Las Palomas de Santa Fe Las Palomas de Santa Fe
The AAA Three-Diamond Las Palomas de Santa Fe is located approximately three blocks from Santa Fe's Historic Plaza and 73 miles from Albuquerque Inter...

Casa de Koshare Casa de Koshare
Casa de Koshare is an adobe style Bed and breakfast located in historic Corrales, approximately 19 miles north of the Albuquerque Sunport. Corrales is...

Howard Johnson Express Inn Albuquerque Howard Johnson Express Inn Albuquerque
This Howard Johnson is located approximately 11 miles from Albuquerque International Sunport and seven miles from downtown Albuquerque. Casino Sandia ...

Fairfield Inn by Marriott Santa Fe Fairfield Inn by Marriott Santa Fe
The Fairfield Inn by Marriott Santa Fe New Mexico is an AAA Three-Diamond property located approximately four miles from Santa Fe International Airpor...

Economy Inn Economy Inn
Economy Inn is located approximately six blocks from Gallup Airport and two miles from downtown Gallup. This location is also 19 miles from Window Roc...

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