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New Mexico was named by the Spanish, in reference to Mexico
The official state flag of New Mexico was chosen from a flag competition in 1920 (the competition was held to replace an older New Mexico flag). The winner was Dr. Harry Mera, a doctor and archeologist from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dr. Mera's design is an interpretation of an ancient Sun symbol called a Zia (this symbol was found on a water jar made in the late 1800's in Zia Pueblo). Since four is a sacred number for the Zia, there are four rays coming from each side of the stylized Sun. The colors red and yellow are used because they were the colors of the flag of the Spanish conquistadors who went to New Mexico in the early 1500's.
10 Largest cities in New Mexico (2003): Albuquerque, 471,856; Las Cruces, 76,990; Santa Fe, 66,476; Rio Rancho, 58,981; Roswell, 44,228; Farmington, 41,420; Alamogordo, 35,551; Clovis, 32,815; Hobbs, 28,311; Carlsbad, 25,303
Number of counties in New Mexico : 33
Largest county in New Mexico by population: Bernalillo, 593,765 (2004)
Largest county in New Mexico by area: Catron, 6,928 sq mi.
New Mexico State Parks: 32
New Mexico Land Area: 121,589 sq mi. (314,915 sq km) (5th)
New Mexico Geographic Center: In Torrance Co., 12 mi. SSW of Willard
New Mexico Population: (2004 est) 1,903,289 (#36)
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, a Spanish explorer searching for gold, traveled the region that became New Mexico in 1540?1542. In 1598 the first Spanish settlement was established on the Rio Grande River by Juan de Onate; in 1610 Santa Fe was founded and made the capital of New Mexico.
The U.S. acquired most of New Mexico in 1848, as a result of the Mexican War, and the remainder in the 1853 Gadsden Purchase. Union troops captured the territory from the Confederates during the Civil War. With the surrender of Geronimo in 1886, the Apache Wars and most of the Indian conflicts in the area were ended.
Since 1945, New Mexico has been a leader in energy research and development with extensive experiments conducted at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Sandia Laboratories in the nuclear, solar, and geothermal areas.
Tourist attractions include the Carlsbad Caverns National Park,
Inscription Rock at El Morro National Monument, the ruins at Fort Union,
Billy the Kid mementos at Lincoln, the White Sands and Gila Cliff
Dwellings National Monuments, Bandelier National Monument, and the Chaco
Culture National Historical Park.
New Mexico Agriculture: Livestock products, especially sheep. Cotton, pecans, and sorghum are the most important field crops. Corn, peanuts, beans, onions, chilies, and lettuce.
New Mexico Industry: Uranium and potassium salts, petroleum, natural gas, copper, gold, silver, zinc, lead, and molybdenum. Food products, chemicals, transportation equipment, lumber, electrical machinery, and stone-clay-glass products.
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