State Flag: The present day flag,adopted in 1925, displays the ancient sun symbol of the Zia Pueblo in red against a field of yellow. The Zia Sun symbolizes a circle from which four points radiate.
Statehood: Janurary 6, 1912, forty-seventh state
Origin of Name: New Mexico was named by sixteenth- century Spanish explorers who hoped to find gold & wealth equal to Mexico's Aztec treasures.
State Capital: Santa Fe
State Nickname: The "Land Of Encantment"
State Motto: Crecit Eundo, "It Grows as It Goes"
State Flag: The present day flag,adopted in 1925, displays the
ancient sun symbol of the Zia Pueblo in red against a field of yellow.
The Zia Sun symbolizes a circle from which four points radiate.
State Bird: Roadrunner
State Animal: Black bear
State Flower: Yucca flower
State Tree: Pinon (nut pine)
State Fish: Cutthroat trout
State Mineral: Turquiose
Population: 1,303,445
Population Density: 11 people per. sq. mi. (4 people per km2)
Population Distribution: 72 percent of the people live in cites and towns. About 33 percent of New Mexico's total population live in the Albuquerque metropolitan area alone.
States that border New Mexico are Colorado on the north, Oklahoma on the east, Texas on the east and south, Arizona on the west, and Utah at the northwest corner. Mexico forms part of New Mexico's southern border.
Highest Point: Wheeler Peak in Tacos County - 13,161 ft.(4,011 m)
Lowest Point: Red Bluff Reservoir in Eddy County - 2,817 ft.(859m)
Greatest Distances:
Area: 121,593 sq. mi.(314,938 km2)
Rank in Area Among the States: Fifth