Statehood:
January 6, 1912 (47th State)
State song: "O Fair New Mexico" (1917)
State bird: roadrunner (1949)
State tree: pinon (1949)
State flower: yucca (1927)
State Animal: black bear (1963);
State Fish: cutthroat trout (1955);
State Vegetables: chili and frijol (1965);
State Gem: turquoise (1967);
State Spanish-language song: "Asi Es Nuevo Méjico" (1971);
State Poem: "A Nuevo México" (1991);
State Grass: blue gramma (1973);
State Fossil: coelophysis (1981);
State Cookie: bizcochito (1989);
State Insect: tarantula hawk wasp (1989);
State Ballad: "Land of Enchantment" (1989);
State Bilingual song: "New Mexico--Mi Lindo
Nuevo
Mexico
", (1995);
State Question: "Red or Green?" (1999)
State Nickname:
Land of Enchantment
State Motto: "Crescit eundo" - It grows as it goes
Highest Point: The highest point in
New Mexico
is
Wheeler Peak
at 13,161 feet above sea level.
Lowest Point: The lowest point in
New
Mexico
is 2,842 feet above sea level at the Red Bluff Reservoir.
Largest cities: Albuquerque, 494,236; Las Cruces, 82,671; Santa
Fe, 70,631; Rio Rancho, 66,599; Roswell, 45,199; Farmington, 43,161; Alamogordo,
36,245; Clovis, 33,357; Hobbs, 29,006; Carlsbad, 25,300:
Famous New Mexicans: Bruce Cabot actor, Carlsbad
Dennis Chavez senator, Los Chavez
Mangus Coloradas apache leader
Edward Condon physicist, Alamogordo
Robert Crichton author, Albuquerque
John Denver singer, Roswell
Pete Domenici senator, Albuquerque
Harvey Fergusson author, Albuquerque
Sid Gutierrez astronaut, Albuquerque
William Hanna animator, Melrose:
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