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New Mexico
Welcome to New Mexico and a brief overview of The Land of Enchantment.
One of four Southwestern States, New Mexico is located in the southwest part of the 48 "conterminous" states just over the border from Mexico. It's border on the north by Colorado and on the south by Mexico and Texas. New Mexico is bordered on the east by Texas and on the west by Arizona.
- Statehood: January 6, 1912 (47th state)
- Abbreviation: N.M. or N. Mex. (traditional), NM (postal)
- Capital: Santa Fe.
- Size: 121.593 square miles, includes inland water (5th)
- Coastline: None.
- Latin motto: Crescit eundo (Grows as it goes)
- State bird: Chaparral bird (Geococcyx californianus) adopted 1949.
- State flower: Yucca flower (Yucca glauca) adopted 1927.
- State songs:
- "O, Fair New Mexico", by Elizabeth Garrett, adopted 1917.
- "Asi Es Nuevo Mejico", words and music by Amadeo Lucero, adopted 1971
- "Land of Enchantment - New Mexico", words and music by Martin Murphy, Chick Raines and Don Cook, adopted 1989.
- "New Mexico - Mi Lindo Nuevo Mexico", words and music by Pablo Mares, adopted 1995.
- State tree: Nut pine or Pinon tree (Pinus edulis) adopted 1948.
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