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New Mexico
Motto: "Crescit eundo" - Latin - "It grows as it goes"
Nicknames: Official - "Land of Enchantment" - "The Spanish State" - "The Land of Sunshine" - "The Land of Opportunity"
Capital: Santa Fe
Population: 1,874,614 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03); Ranks 36th in US State Population
Size: 370 miles long and 343 miles wide; covers 121,598 square miles - 5th largest of the 50 states
State Bird: Roadrunner
State Flower: Yucca Blossom
The name of this state is an anglicized version of "Nuevo Mexico," the Spanish name for the upper Rio Grande. Mexico, an Aztec spelling, means "place of Mexitli" one of the Aztec gods.
New Mexico became a state on January 6, 1912. It was the 47th state to be admitted to the Union.
People who live or come from New Mexico are called "New Mexicans."
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