New Mexico
A state in the southeastern United States. It has a southern border with Mexico, an eastern border with Texas (103°) and Oklahoma, and a western border with Arizona (109°). The 37th parallel forms the northern boundary with Colorado.
New Mexico is centered on the Rio Grande valley the historical center of Spanish settlement and conquest of the Pueblo Indians, Native American tribes who lived in small towns along the Rio Grande and nearby such as at Acoma. Major cities in the Rio Grande valley include Taos; Santa Fe, the capitol; Albuquerque, the largest city; Las Cruces; El Paso, Texas; and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
- Area: 121,593 sq. miles
- Population: 1,819,046 (2000)
- Capital: Santa Fe
- Counties: 33 (see: New Mexico counties)
- Bird: Roadrunner
- Flower: Yucca flower
- Tree: Pinon
Further Reading
- The Great Taos Bank Robbery and other Indian Country Affairs, Tony Hillerman, University of New Mexico Press, Albquerque, 1973, trade paperback, 147 pages, ISBN: 0-8263-0530-X
- Great River, The Rio Grande in North American History, Paul Horgan, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, reprint, 1977, in one hardback volume, ISBN: 0-03-029305-7
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