Portal:New Mexico

Culture · Geography · Health · History · Mathematics · Natural sciences · Philosophy · Religion · Society · Technology

edit

New Mexico Portal

New Mexico is one of the 50 states in the United States, and one of the last to be admitted into the union. Admitted on January 6, 1912 it became the 47th state. Located in the southwestern region of the US, New Mexico is the 4th largest state in the continental US, but is among the least populated with a population density of only 15 per square mile. With a high percentage of Hispanic Americans and Native Americans, the demographics and culture of the state has a unique Spanish, Mexican, and American Indian influence. The climate of the state is highly arid and its territory is mostly covered by mountains and desert.

edit

Featured article

The Four Corners region is in the red area on this map

The Four Corners Monument, placed by the Interior Department at the exact point.

The Four Corners is the survey point at the intersection of the four U.S. states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona and the high desert plateau region surrounding that point in the southwestern United States. This is the only point in the United States where four states touch. Three of the four state corners are on the Navajo Indian Reservation. The fourth corner, Colorado, is on the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation.

The Four Corners Monument located there has a per person admission fee. Four Corners Monument is located at the coordinates 36°59′56.31532″N 109°02′42.62019″W / 36.9989764778, -109.045172275 according to the U.S. National Geodetic Survey. US Highway 160 runs nearby while New Mexico State Road 597 serves as access road to the monument.

Because the Four Corners is part of a high Colorado Plateau, it is often a center for weather systems, which stabilize on the plateau, then proceed eastward toward the central and mountain states. This weather system creates snow and rainfall on the central part of the USA.

Read more ......

More articles...

edit

State Facts

Nickname: Land of Enchantment
Capital: Santa Fe
State Officers
- Governor: Bill Richardson (D)
- Lieutenant Governor: Diane Denish (D)
- Secretary of State: Mary Herrera
- Attorney General: Gary King
- Treasurer: James Lewis
- Comptroller General:
- Secretary of Education: Veronica García
- Secretary of Agriculture: Miley Gonzalez
- Adjutant General: General Kenny Montoya

Total area: 121,665 sq.mi
- Land: 121,356 sq.mi
- Water: 234 sq.mi
Highest elevation: 13,161 ft (Wheeler Peak, Colfax County)
Population (2000 census) 1,928,384
Date admitted to the Union: January 6, 1912,

Senators: Pete Domenici (R), Jeff Bingaman (D)
Representatives: Heather Wilson (R), Steve Pearce (R), Tom Udall (D)

State symbols:
State Capital:	Santa Fe
State Mottos:	"Crescit eundo" ("It Grows as It Goes")
State Songs:	"O Fair New Mexico"
State Tree:	Two-Needle Piñon Pine
State Flower:	Yucca flower
State Grasses:	Blue grama
State Bird:	Greater roadrunner
State Animal:	Black Bear
State Reptile:	New Mexico Whiptail Lizard
State Amphibian:	New Mexico Spadefoot Toad
State Fish:	Cutthroat Trout
State Insect:	Tarantula Hawk Wasp
State Butterfly:	Red Admiral
State Cookie:	Bizcochito
State Vegetables	Chiles and Frijoles (refried beans)
State Rock:	Turquoise
State Poem:	A Nuevo Mexico
State Ships:	USS New Mexico (BB-40) & USS New Mexico (SSN-779)
State Quarter
State Question:	Red or green? (Asked of restaurant patrons who order chili)

edit

Did You Know?

... that Lincoln National Forest was the birthplace of the American Black Bear cub that became the living symbol of Smokey Bear.
... that Roswell, NM was a site for much of Robert Goddard's early rocketry work.
... that Taos Pueblo has been continuously inhabited for more than 1,000 years.
... that in the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot of 1980, 33 inmates were killed.
... that the Santa Fe Indian Market (an annual art market held in Santa Fe) draws an estimated 100,000 people.

edit

Related portals


United States	Arizona	Utah

California	Oklahoma	Texas

edit

Related WikiProjects


New Mexico	College football	Universities

Arizona	U.S. Roads	U.S. States

edit

Associated Wikimedia

	New Mexico on Commons Images		New Mexico on Wikinews News		New Mexico on Wikiquote Quotes
	New Mexico on Wikisource Texts		New Mexico on Wikibooks Books		New Mexico on Wiktionary Definitions

edit

Featured Picture

Hotel "Inn and Spa at Loretto"
near to the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Photo credit: User:JuliusR Past Featured Pictures • Featured Picture discussion

edit

New Mexico News

August 7 – 5 people were killed in a medical plane crashed that was on route to the University of New Mexico Hospital.

edit

Things To Do

Things you can do to help improve this Portal:

Create & Expand New Mexico National Forest articles
Expand New Mexico college and university articles
Create article for Secretary of State: Mary Herrera
Create article for Comptroller General. (Find out who it is first)
Create article for Secretary of Education: Veronica García
Create article for Secretary of Agriculture: Miley Gonzalez
Create article for Adjutant General: General Kenny Montoya

edit

Selected biography

John Albert Elway, Jr. (born June 28, 1960) played American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Denver Broncos from 1983 through 1998. Regarded by many as one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, Elway holds college and professional records and was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is the only quarterback to have started in five Super Bowls, having won two.

Read more ......

More biographies...

edit