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New Mexico (Spanish: Nuevo México [ˈnweβo ˈmexiko] ^ⓘ; Navajo: Yootó Hahoodzo Navajo pronunciation: [jòːtʰó hɑ̀hòːtsò]) is a 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 the state of Texas to the east and southeast, Oklahoma to the northeast, and shares an international border with 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 45th 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; 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. 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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Bonanza City is a ghost town, located 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Santa Fe in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. The town was founded in 1880 as a mining town, following the discovery of gold and silver in the nearby Cerrillos Hills. It was abandoned sometime in the early 1900s. Later in the 20th century, The Bonanza Creek Movie Ranch, which contains a movie set depicting a late 19th century mining town, was built near the ruins of Bonanza City. (Full article...)

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Demi Gene Moore (/dəˈmiː/ də-MEE; née Guynes; born November 11, 1962) is an American actress. A leading actress in the late 1980s and early 1990s, she was the world's highest-paid actress by 1995. Moore's accolades include nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards.

A former model, Moore joined the cast of the soap opera General Hospital in 1981. After departing the show in 1983, she rose to prominence as a member of the Brat Pack with roles in the films Blame It on Rio (1984), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), and About Last Night... (1986). She established herself as a star with the top-grossing romance film Ghost (1990). She had further box-office successes in A Few Good Men (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993), and Disclosure (1994), and received a then-unprecedented $12.5 million to star in Striptease (1996). (Full article...)

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Image 1Downtown Santa Fe train station (from New Mexico)
Image 2The New Mexico Rail Runner Express is a commuter operation that runs along the Central Rio Grande Valley. (from New Mexico)
Image 3Carlsbad Caverns National Park (from New Mexico)
Image 4A Hispano boy in Chamisal, 1940 (from New Mexico)
Image 5Territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México when it belonged to Mexico in 1824 (from New Mexico)
Image 6Serving food in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 7Public New Mexico colleges and universities. New Mexico Higher Education Department. (from New Mexico)
Image 8An F-22 Raptor flown by the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman AFB (from New Mexico)
Image 9White Sands National Park (from New Mexico)
Image 10New Mexico state quarter, circulated in April 2008 (from New Mexico)
Image 111867 map (from History of New Mexico)
Image 12A homesteader and his children at the New Mexico Fair in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 (from New Mexico)
Image 13New Mexico population density map (from New Mexico)
Image 14President 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 15Rio Grande Gorge and Bridge (from New Mexico)
Image 16Ethnic origins in New Mexico (from New Mexico)
Image 17Party registration by New Mexico county (February 2023):
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Image 18San Miguel Chapel, built in 1610 in Santa Fe, is the oldest church structure in the continental U.S. (from New Mexico)
Image 19Interior of the Crosby Theater at the Santa Fe Opera, viewed from the mezzanine (from New Mexico)
Image 20Comancheria and the New Mexico settlements prior to 1850. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 21The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (from New Mexico)
Image 22Proposals for Texas northwestern boundary (from History of New Mexico)
Image 23Jean Nicolas Du Tralage and Vincenzo Coronelli's 1687 map of New Mexico (from History of New Mexico)
Image 24Tierra 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 25Ancestral Pueblo territory shown in pink over New Mexico (from New Mexico)
Image 26Santa Fe trail sign (from New Mexico)
Image 27The New Mexico Public Education Department is in Santa Fe. (from New Mexico)
Image 28Köppen climate types of New Mexico, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from New Mexico)
Image 29Wheeler Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Range (from New Mexico)
Image 30Gen. Kearny's annexation of New Mexico, August 15, 1846 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 31José 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 32Spaceport America terminal, The Gateway (from New Mexico)
Image 33Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) (from New Mexico)
Image 34The railway station in Tucumcari (from New Mexico)
Image 35"The indigenous people of northern New Mexico" by Balduin Möllhausen, 1861 (from New Mexico)
Image 36Greater roadrunner (the state bird of New Mexico) (from New Mexico)
Image 37Province of New Mexico when it belonged to Mexico in 1824 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 38New Mexico proposed boundary before Compromise of 1850 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 39Luminarias in the old mission church, Jemez State Monument (from New Mexico)
Image 40The Santa Ana Star Center (from New Mexico)
Image 41Bronze statue of Archbishop Lamy in front of St. Francis Cathedral (from History of New Mexico)
Image 42Symbols 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 43Albuquerque Studios, built in 2007 for the rising demand of film production in the state (from New Mexico)
Image 44Shiprock (from New Mexico)
Image 45In this photo, the Mexico–United States border divides Sunland Park and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. (from New Mexico)
Image 46Counties in New Mexico by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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    70–80%
  
  Native American
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    80–90%
  
  Hispanic or Latino
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    60–70%
  
    70–80%
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Image 47Statue 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)

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... that Jesse Marcel claimed that he recovered extraterrestrial debris from a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico?
... that a Royal Air Force officer built a KAVE in 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 a boy's voice over CB radio claiming to be within an overturned truck in New Mexico sparked a search-and-rescue mission 49 years ago today?
... that an NFL scheduling decision forced ESPN to change the kickoff times and television networks of the 2022 Las Vegas Bowl and the 2022 New Mexico Bowl?
... that in 2007, Joe Garcia became the first governor of a pueblo to swear in the governor of New Mexico?

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