New Mexico (NM)
New Mexico's Web Site Capital City: Santa Fe Nickname: Land of Enchantment Motto: Crescit Eundo (It Grows As It Goes) Statehood: January 6, 1912 (47th) Origin of State's Name: Named by the Spanish for lands north of the Rio Grande River Largest Cities:Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Rio Rancho, Roswell Border States: Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah Land Area: 121,359 sq. mi., 5th largest State's Bird: Roadrunner State's Flower: Yucca Flower State's Tree:Pinon Pine State's Song:O, Fair New Mexico |