NEW MEXICO

GENRAL INFO

• Motto- Crescit eundo (grows as it goes)
• Nickname- Land of Enchantment
• State Flower- Yucca flower
• State Bird- Greater RoadRunner
• State Song- O Fair New Mexico

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

• Highest Point- Wheeler Peak (13,167ft)
• Average Temp.- 20F - 90F
• Average Rainfall- 8.91
• 121,666 Square Miles long

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• Capital- Santa Fe
• Governor- Susana Martinez (2010)
• Population- 2.86 Million
• Became a state- January 6, 1912

FIVE LARGEST CITIES

• Albuquerque
• Las Cruses
• Enchanted Hills
• Rio Rancho
• Santa Fe

Major Economic Activities-
government, services, trade, agriculture, tourism, manufacturing, and research and development

TOURIST SITES

• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• White Sands National Monument
• Palace of the Governors
• Rio Granda Zoo
• Rio Granda Botanic Garden

HISTORY MOMENTS

• 1756-1763 Seven Year Wars
• 1828 Gold was discovered here brining people to live here
• 1850 New Mexico became a territory & denied statehood
• 1863 New Mexico was cut to mark other territories
• January 6, 1912 New Mexico was finally granted statehood

FAMOUS PEOPLE

• Neil Patrick- Actor
• Demi Lovato- Singer
• Mai Shanley- Miss USA 1984
• Anwar al-Awlaki- member al-Qaeda
• Fansico Duran- Assassin of Bill Clinton

INTERESTING FACTS

• Las Curses makes the largest Enchiladas
• The world's first atomic bomb was here
• The white sand monument is not made of sand
• The Palace of the Governors is the oldest building
• 1 out of 4 students work for the federal government

FUNNY LAWS

• You cannot trip a horse
• Abusing a computer
• Defacing a rock
• Hunt an animal and not eat it
• Harassing a fire dog

PERSONAL PAGE

• No because this is my home
• Santa Fe
• Florist
• Culture and monuments

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