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Capital City: Santa Fe
Language Description: English, Spanish, various Native American languages
Passport/Visa U.S.: Canadians need to show proof of citizenship: either a passport or a certified copy of a birth certificate accompanied by photo ID (we recommend a passport). Reconfirm travel document requirements with your carrier prior to departure.
Population: 1,829,146
Religion: Christian (Roman Catholic, Protestant), though most major religions are represented
Time Zone: 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (-7 GMT). Daylight Saving Time is observed from the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October
Voltage Requirements: 110 volts
Governor: Bill Richardson, D (to Jan. 2007)
Lieut. Governor: Diane Denish, D (to Jan. 2007)
Senators: Jeff Bingaman, D (to Jan. 2007); Pete V. Domenici, R (to Jan. 2009)
Secy. of State: Rebecca Vigil-Giron, D (to Jan. 2007)
Atty. General: Patricia A. Madrid, D (to Jan. 2007)
State Treasurer: Robert E. Vigil, D (to Jan. 2007)
Organized as territory: Sept. 9, 1850
Entered Union (rank): Jan. 6, 1912 (47)
Present constitution adopted: 1911
Motto: Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes)
State Symbols:
 flower yucca (1927)
tree pinon (1949)
animal black bear (1963)
bird roadrunner (1949)
fish cutthroat trout (1955)
vegetables chili and frijol (1965)
gem turquoise (1967)
song “O Fair New Mexico” (1917)
Spanish-language song “Asi Es Nuevo Méjico” (1971)
poem A Nuevo México (1991)
grass blue gramma (1973)
fossil coelophysis (1981)
cookie bizcochito (1989)
insect tarantula hawk wasp (1989)
ballad “Land of Enchantment” (1989)
bilingual song “New Mexico—Mi Lindo Nuevo Mexico”, (1995)
question “Red or Green?” (1999)
Nickname: Land of Enchantment (1999)
Origin of name: From the country of Mexico
10 largest cities (2000): Albuquerque, 448,607; Las Cruces, 74,267; Santa Fe, 62,203; Rio Rancho, 51,765; Roswell, 45,293; Farmington, 37,844; Alamogordo, 35,582; Clovis, 32,667; Hobbs, 28,657; Carlsbad, 25,625
Land area: 121,356 sq mi. (314,312 sq km)
Geographic center: In Torrance Co., 12 mi. SSW of Willard
Number of counties: 33
Largest county by population and area: Bernalillo, 562,458 (2001); Catron, 6,928 sq mi.
State-owned forested land: 933,000 ac.
State parks: 31 (267,302 ac.)
Residents: New Mexican
 
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