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New Mexico

New Mexico. Andrew Sullivan. State Map. Bordering States Map. New Mexico. The State Capital is: Santa Fe The State was admitted into the Union on: January 12,1912. The population of the state is: 2,059,179. New Mexico. The Governor is: Susana Martinez. New Mexico. State Flag.

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New Mexico

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  1. New Mexico Andrew Sullivan

  2. State Map

  3. Bordering States Map

  4. New Mexico • The State Capital is: Santa Fe • The State was admitted into the Union on: January 12,1912 • The population of the state is: 2,059,179

  5. New Mexico • The Governor is: Susana Martinez

  6. New Mexico • State Flag • State Quarter

  7. New Mexico • State Motto is: CrescitEundo (It Grows As It Goes) • State Nickname: Land of Enchantment • State abbreviation: NM • State Song: “O Fair New Mexico”

  8. New Mexico - Symbols • Bird: Roadrunner • Tree: Pinon • Animal: black bear • Cookie: bizcochito • Vegetable: chili and frijol • Flower: Yucca

  9. New Mexico • The 3 largest Cities are: Albuquerque 494,236, Las Cruces 82,671, Santa Fe 70,631

  10. New Mexico - Famous People • Conrad Hilton is famous because for making a hotel company by buying Mobley Hotel and more in Texas and starting the Hilton Hotel Corporation. • Clyde Tombaugh is famous because he found Pluto while using a blink microscope. He went to the University of Kanas where he got his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. He wrote Out of the Dark : The Planet Pluto. • Ralph Bunche won the Nobel Peace prize for mediating the 1948 Arab-Israeli truce.

  11. New Mexico Parks • National Park: Carlsbed Caverns, Chaco Culture National Historical Park • State Park: Bottomless Lakes, Morphy Lake

  12. New Mexico – Historical Places • Aztec Ruins is historical because it was a center of ancestral Pueblo society that once housed 500 masonry rooms. • El Morro is famous for the Puebloans ,Spanish, and American travelers who carved over 2,000 signatures, dates, messages, and petroglyphs for hundreds of years.

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