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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, especially textiles and visual 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. Due to its large area and economic climate, 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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A map of the position of the former shorelines of Lake Estancia

Lake Estancia was a lake formed in the Estancia Valley, central New Mexico, which left various coastal landforms in the valley. The lake was mostly fed by creek and groundwater from the Manzano Mountains, and fluctuated between freshwater stages and saltier stages. The lake had a diverse fauna, including cutthroat trout; they may have reached it during a possible past stage where it was overflowing.

Lake Estancia appears to have formed between the Pliocene and Pleistocene, when a previous river system broke up. It reached a maximum water level ("highstand") presumably during the Illinoian glaciation and subsequently fluctuated between fuller stages and a desiccated basin. Around the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) time interval, several highstands and a low water level state occurred during the "Big Dry" climate interval. Between 16,100 and 14,500 years ago the lake reached its highest stand of the last 30,000 years before drying up again during the Bølling-Allerød climate interval. The lake briefly returned during the Younger Dryas climate interval and eventually desiccated after about 8,500 years ago during the Holocene. Wind-driven erosion has excavated depressions in the former lakebed that are in part filled with playas (dry lake beds). (Full article...)

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The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of New Mexico on March 11, 2020. On December 23, 2020, the New Mexico Department of Health reported 1,174 new COVID-19 cases and 40 deaths, bringing the cumulative statewide totals to 133,242 cases and 2,243 deaths since the start of the pandemic. During the last quarter of 2020, COVID-19 hospitalizations in New Mexico increased, reaching a peak of 947 hospitalizations on December 3.

The most populous counties in the state have seen the largest number of infections, but by mid-April, the northwest counties of McKinley and San Juan became the most infected areas in the state, with Sandoval County also seeing a high infection rate. All of these counties have large Native American populations. According to the state's data dashboard, American Indians had nearly 58 percent of the statewide infection rates as of May 15. On April 25, McKinley County had the highest total number of cases while San Juan County had the highest number of deaths by April 26. However, by the end of July, Hispanics/Latinos had a plurality of cases. The portion of cases among American Indians continued to decline, and by mid February 2021 was below that of whites. (Full article...)

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Image 1Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) (from New Mexico)
Image 2San Miguel Chapel, built in 1610 in Santa Fe, is the oldest church structure in the continental U.S. (from New Mexico)
Image 3An F-22 Raptor flown by the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman AFB (from New Mexico)
Image 4Köppen climate types of New Mexico, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from New Mexico)
Image 5The railway station in Tucumcari (from New Mexico)
Image 6In this photo, the Mexico–United States border divides Sunland Park and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. (from New Mexico)
Image 7New Mexico proposed boundary before Compromise of 1850 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 8New Mexico population density map (from New Mexico)
Image 9Santa Fe trail sign (from New Mexico)
Image 10Downtown Santa Fe train station (from New Mexico)
Image 11Symbols 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 12José 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 13Party registration by New Mexico county (February 2023):
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Image 14Serving food in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 15Territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México when it belonged to Mexico in 1824 (from New Mexico)
Image 16The New Mexico Public Education Department is in Santa Fe. (from New Mexico)
Image 17Province of New Mexico when it belonged to Mexico in 1824 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 18White Sands National Park (from New Mexico)
Image 19Greater roadrunner (the state bird of New Mexico) (from New Mexico)
Image 20New Mexico state quarter, circulated in April 2008 (from New Mexico)
Image 21Luminarias in the old mission church, Jemez State Monument (from New Mexico)
Image 22The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (from New Mexico)
Image 23Albuquerque Studios, built in 2007 for the rising demand of film production in the state (from New Mexico)
Image 24"The indigenous people of northern New Mexico" by Balduin Möllhausen, 1861 (from New Mexico)
Image 25A homesteader and his children at the New Mexico Fair in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 (from New Mexico)
Image 26Jean Nicolas Du Tralage and Vincenzo Coronelli's 1687 map of New Mexico (from History of New Mexico)
Image 27President 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 28Spaceport America terminal, The Gateway (from New Mexico)
Image 29Gen. Kearny's annexation of New Mexico, August 15, 1846 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 30Wheeler Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Range (from New Mexico)
Image 31Proposals for Texas northwestern boundary (from History of New Mexico)
Image 321867 map (from History of New Mexico)
Image 33A Hispano boy in Chamisal, 1940 (from New Mexico)
Image 34Bronze statue of Archbishop Lamy in front of St. Francis Cathedral (from History of 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 36Rio Grande Gorge and Bridge (from New Mexico)
Image 37Carlsbad Caverns National Park (from New Mexico)
Image 38Interior of the Crosby Theater at the Santa Fe Opera, viewed from the mezzanine (from New Mexico)
Image 39Public New Mexico colleges and universities. New Mexico Higher Education Department. (from New Mexico)
Image 40Tierra 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 41Comancheria and the New Mexico settlements prior to 1850. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 42Statue 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 43The Santa Ana Star Center (from New Mexico)
Image 44Ancestral Pueblo territory shown in pink over New Mexico (from New Mexico)
Image 45Counties in New Mexico by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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Image 46Ethnic origins in New Mexico (from New Mexico)
Image 47Shiprock (from New Mexico)

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... that in 2007, Joe Garcia became the first governor of a pueblo to swear in the governor of New Mexico?
... that a New Mexico TV station went on the air "a day late but ... not a single program short"?
... that a Royal Air Force officer built a KAVE in New Mexico?
... that Jesse Marcel claimed that he recovered extraterrestrial debris from a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico?
... that in an 1854 war with the Jicarilla, William S. Messervy, the acting governor of the New Mexico Territory, desired either "their extinction or their settlement in pueblos"?
... that Sunday-school classes were once held in the transmitter building of New Mexico radio station KCLV?

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