State of New Mexico |
| Address: |
State Capitol |
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490 Old Santa Fe Trail |
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Room 400 |
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Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 |
| Phone: |
(505) 827-3000 |
| Fax: |
(505) 827-3026 |
| Admitted: |
January 6, 1912 |
| Population: |
2,115,877 (2021 Estimate) |
| National Rank: |
36 |
| Total Area: |
121,598 square miles |
| National Rank: |
5 |
| Nickname: |
The Land of Enchantment |
| Time Zone: |
Mountain Time Zone |
| Low Point: |
2,817 Feet - Red Bluff Lake |
| High Point: |
13,160 Feet - Wheeler Peak |
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| Aircraft: |
Hot Air Balloon |
| Amphibian: |
New Mexico Spadefoot Toad |
| Animal: |
Black Bear |
| Bird: |
Roadrunner |
| Butterfly: |
Sandia Hairstreak |
| Colors: |
Red and Yellow of Old Spain |
| Fish: |
Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout |
| Flower: |
Yucca Flower |
| Fossil: |
Coelophysis |
| Fruit: |
New Mexico Chile |
| Gemstone: |
Turquoise |
| Grass: |
Blue Grama |
| Insect: |
Tarantula Hawk Wasp |
| Motto: |
"Crescit Eundo" (It Grows as it Goes) |
| Neckwear: |
Native American Squash Blossom |
| Poem: |
"A Nuevo México" (To New Mexico) |
| Poet Laureate: |
Levi Romero |
| Reptile: |
New Mexico Whiptail Lizard |
| Ship: |
USS New Mexico (BB-40) and USS New Mexico (SSN-779) |
| Slogan: |
"Everybody is Somebody in New Mexico" |
| Song: |
"O, Fair New Mexico" and "Asi Es Nuevo Mexico" |
| Tree: |
Piñon Pine |
| Vegetable: |
Chile, Frijoles (Pinto Beans) |
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