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New Mexico (Spanish: Nuevo México [ˈnweβo ˈmexiko] ^ⓘ; Navajo: Yootó Hahoodzo Navajo pronunciation: [jòːtʰó hɑ̀hòːtsò]) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also borders Texas to the east and southeast, Oklahoma to the northeast, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora to the south. New Mexico's largest city is Albuquerque, and its state capital is Santa Fe, the oldest state capital in the U.S., founded in 1610 as the government seat of Nuevo México in New Spain.

New Mexico is the fifth largest of the fifty states by area, but with just over 2.1 million residents, ranks 36th in population and 46th in population density. Its climate and geography are highly varied, ranging from forested mountains to sparse deserts; the northern and eastern regions exhibit a colder alpine climate, while the west and south are warmer and more arid. The Rio Grande and its fertile valley runs from north-to-south, creating a riparian climate through the center of the state that supports a bosque habitat and distinct Albuquerque Basin climate. One–third of New Mexico's land is federally owned, and the state hosts many protected wilderness areas and national monuments, including three UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the most of any U.S. state.

New Mexico's economy is highly diversified, including cattle ranching, agriculture, lumber, scientific and technological research, tourism, and the arts; major sectors include mining, oil and gas, aerospace, media, and film. Its total gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020 was $95.73 billion, with a GDP per capita of roughly $46,300. State tax policy is characterized by low to moderate taxation of resident personal income by national standards, with tax credits, exemptions, and special considerations for military personnel and favorable industries. New Mexico has a significant U.S. military presence, including White Sands Missile Range, and strategically valuable federal research centers, such as the Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories. The state hosted several key facilities of the Manhattan Project, which developed the world's first atomic bomb, and was the site of the first nuclear test, Trinity. (Full article...)

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U.S. Route 491 (US 491) is a north–south U.S. Highway serving the Four Corners region of the United States. It was created in 2003 as a renumbering of U.S. Route 666 (US 666). With the US 666 designation, the road was nicknamed the "Devil's Highway" because of the significance of the number 666 to many Christian denominations as the Number of the Beast. This Satanic connotation, combined with a high fatality rate along the New Mexico portion, convinced some people the highway was cursed. The problem was compounded by persistent sign theft. These factors led to two efforts to renumber the highway, first by officials in Arizona, then by those in New Mexico. There have been safety improvement projects in recent years, and fatality rates have subsequently decreased.

The highway, now a spur route of US 91 via its connection to US 191, runs through New Mexico, Colorado and Utah, as well as the tribal nations of the Navajo Nation and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. The highway passes by two mountains considered sacred by Native Americans: Ute Mountain and an extinct volcanic core named Shiprock. Other features along the route include Mesa Verde National Park and Dove Creek, Colorado, the self-proclaimed pinto-bean capital of the world. (Full article...)

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Dolores Clara Fernández Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Cesar Chavez, is a co-founder of the United Farmworkers Association, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta helped organize the Delano grape strike in 1965 in California and was the lead negotiator in the workers' contract that was created after the strike.

Huerta has received numerous awards for her community service and advocacy for workers', immigrants', and women's rights, including the Eugene V. Debs Foundation Outstanding American Award, the United States Presidential Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was the first Latina inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, in 1993. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various New Mexico-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1The railway station in Tucumcari (from New Mexico)
Image 2José Rafael Aragón, Crucifix, ca. 1795–1862, Brooklyn Museum, From about 1750, Catholic churches in Spanish New Mexico were increasingly decorated with the work of native craftspeople rather than with paintings, sculpture, and furniture imported from Europe. This small santo (religious image) is typical of the locally produced objects. It is made of indigenous pine and painted with water-based pigments used by native artisans. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 3Proposals for Texas northwestern boundary (from History of New Mexico)
Image 4Santa Fe trail sign (from New Mexico)
Image 5A Hispano boy in Chamisal, 1940 (from New Mexico)
Image 6"The indigenous people of northern New Mexico" by Balduin Möllhausen, 1861 (from New Mexico)
Image 7Symbols of the Southwest: a string of dried chile pepper pods (a ristra) and a bleached white cow's skull hang in a market near Santa Fe. (from New Mexico)
Image 8Spaceport America terminal, The Gateway (from New Mexico)
Image 9Province of New Mexico when it belonged to Mexico in 1824 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 10New Mexico population density map (from New Mexico)
Image 11Ethnic origins in New Mexico (from New Mexico)
Image 12Rio Grande Gorge and Bridge (from New Mexico)
Image 13President William Howard Taft at his desk in the Oval Office, signing the statehood bill for New Mexico on January 6, 1912. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 14San Miguel Chapel, built in 1610 in Santa Fe, is the oldest church structure in the continental U.S. (from New Mexico)
Image 15Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) (from New Mexico)
Image 16Luminarias in the old mission church, Jemez State Monument (from New Mexico)
Image 17Shiprock (from New Mexico)
Image 18Public New Mexico colleges and universities. New Mexico Higher Education Department. (from New Mexico)
Image 19Bronze statue of Archbishop Lamy in front of St. Francis Cathedral (from History of New Mexico)
Image 20The New Mexico Public Education Department is in Santa Fe. (from New Mexico)
Image 21Territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México when it belonged to Mexico in 1824 (from New Mexico)
Image 22White Sands National Park (from New Mexico)
Image 23Jean Nicolas Du Tralage and Vincenzo Coronelli's 1687 map of New Mexico (from History of New Mexico)
Image 24Carlsbad Caverns National Park (from New Mexico)
Image 25Interior of the Crosby Theater at the Santa Fe Opera, viewed from the mezzanine (from New Mexico)
Image 261867 map (from History of New Mexico)
Image 27New Mexico proposed boundary before Compromise of 1850 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 28Greater roadrunner (the state bird of New Mexico) (from New Mexico)
Image 29Comancheria and the New Mexico settlements prior to 1850. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 30Statue of Popé, leader of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. The statue, entitled Po'pay, is among two statues depicting New Mexicans at the United States Capitol National Statuary Hall Collection, the other being Dennis Chávez. (from New Mexico)
Image 31In this photo, the Mexico–United States border divides Sunland Park and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. (from New Mexico)
Image 32The Santa Ana Star Center (from New Mexico)
Image 33New Mexico state quarter, circulated in April 2008 (from New Mexico)
Image 34The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (from New Mexico)
Image 35The New Mexico Rail Runner Express is a commuter operation that runs along the Central Rio Grande Valley. (from New Mexico)
Image 36Wheeler Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Range (from New Mexico)
Image 37Serving food in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 38Ancestral Pueblo territory shown in pink over New Mexico (from New Mexico)
Image 39Downtown Santa Fe train station (from New Mexico)

Counties in New Mexico by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

Legend

Non-Hispanic White

40–50%

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

Native American

40–50%

80–90%

Hispanic or Latino

40–50%

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

(from New Mexico)

Image 41Köppen climate types of New Mexico, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from New Mexico)
Image 42An F-22 Raptor flown by the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman AFB (from New Mexico)
Image 43Albuquerque Studios, built in 2007 for the rising demand of film production in the state (from New Mexico)
Image 44Tierra O Muerte – Land or Death. Some New Mexicans express dissatisfaction over land grant issues which date back to the Mexican War. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 45Party registration by New Mexico county (February 2023):
  Democratic >= 30%
  Democratic >= 40%
  Democratic >= 50%
  Democratic >= 60%
  Democratic >= 70%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from New Mexico)
Image 46Gen. Kearny's annexation of New Mexico, August 15, 1846 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 47A homesteader and his children at the New Mexico Fair in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 (from New Mexico)

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... that Sunday-school classes were once held in the transmitter building of New Mexico radio station KCLV?
... that Roswell, New Mexico, radio station KBIM was so successful that its owner was able to start two other stations with its profits?
... that New Mexico television station KIVA-TV received angry phone calls and a bomb threat after switching away from a tied football game?
... that Jesse Marcel claimed that he recovered extraterrestrial debris from a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico?
... that a boy's voice over CB radio claiming to be within an overturned truck in New Mexico sparked a search-and-rescue mission 49 years ago today?
... that a New Mexico TV station went on the air "a day late but ... not a single program short"?

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