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New Mexico 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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Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in the American Southwest hosting a concentration of pueblos. The park is located in northwestern New Mexico, between Albuquerque and Farmington, in a remote canyon cut by the Chaco Wash. Containing the most sweeping collection of ancient ruins north of Mexico, the park preserves one of the most important pre-Columbian cultural and historical areas in the United States.

Between AD 900 and 1150, Chaco Canyon was a major center of culture for the Ancestral Puebloans. Chacoans quarried sandstone blocks and hauled timber from great distances, assembling fifteen major complexes that remained the largest buildings ever built in North America until the 19th century. Evidence of archaeoastronomy at Chaco has been proposed, with the "Sun Dagger" petroglyph at Fajada Butte a popular example. Many Chacoan buildings may have been aligned to capture the solar and lunar cycles, requiring generations of astronomical observations and centuries of skillfully coordinated construction. Climate change is thought to have led to the emigration of Chacoans and the eventual abandonment of the canyon, beginning with a fifty-year drought commencing in 1130. (Full article...)

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Demetria Devonne "Demi" Lovato (/ˈdɛmi ləˈvɑːtoʊ/ DEM-ee lə-VAH-toh; born August 20, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. After appearing on the children's television series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she starred in the Disney Channel short series As the Bell Rings (2007–2008). Lovato rose to prominence for playing Mitchie Torres in the musical television film Camp Rock (2008) and its sequel Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010). The former film's soundtrack contained "This Is Me", her debut single and duet, which peaked at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100.

After signing with Hollywood Records, Lovato released her pop rock debut album, Don't Forget (2008), which debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200. Its follow-up, Here We Go Again (2009), debuted at number one in the US, while its title track reached number 15 on the Hot 100. Her third studio album, Unbroken (2011), experimented with pop and R&B, and spawned the US top-ten single "Skyscraper". She released her self-titled fourth album in 2013, which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, and contained the international top-ten song "Heart Attack". Lovato's fifth and sixth albums, Confident (2015) and Tell Me You Love Me (2017), infused soul and mature themes. She earned a Grammy Award nomination for Confident, while "Sorry Not Sorry", the lead single from Tell Me You Love Me, became her highest-charting single in the US, reaching number six. After a hiatus, she released her seventh and eighth albums Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over (2021) and Holy Fvck (2022), which respectively reached numbers two and seven in the US; the latter marked a return to rock-influenced music. (Full article...)

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Image 1Territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México when it belonged to Mexico in 1824 (from New Mexico)
Image 2Statue 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)
Image 3San Miguel Chapel, built in 1610 in Santa Fe, is the oldest church structure in the continental U.S. (from New Mexico)
Image 4Ethnic origins in New Mexico (from New Mexico)
Image 5A Hispano boy in Chamisal, 1940 (from New Mexico)
Image 6Gen. Kearny's annexation of New Mexico, August 15, 1846 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 7A homesteader and his children at the New Mexico Fair in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 (from New Mexico)
Image 8Rio Grande Gorge and Bridge (from New Mexico)
Image 9Santa Fe trail sign (from New Mexico)
Image 10José 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 11In this photo, the Mexico–United States border divides Sunland Park and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. (from New Mexico)
Image 12Tierra O Muerte – Land or Death. Legal issues about ownership of millions of acres in land grants date from the Mexican war to the present. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 13"The indigenous people of northern New Mexico" by Balduin Möllhausen, 1861 (from New Mexico)
Image 14The New Mexico Rail Runner Express is a commuter operation that runs along the Central Rio Grande Valley. (from New Mexico)
Image 15White Sands National Park (from New Mexico)
Image 16Downtown Santa Fe train station (from New Mexico)
Image 17Public New Mexico colleges and universities. New Mexico Higher Education Department. (from New Mexico)
Image 18Ancestral Pueblo territory shown in pink over New Mexico (from New Mexico)
Image 19Province of New Mexico when it belonged to Mexico in 1824 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 20Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) (from New Mexico)
Image 211867 map (from History of New Mexico)
Image 22New Mexico population density map (from New Mexico)
Image 23Jean Nicolas Du Tralage and Vincenzo Coronelli's 1687 map of New Mexico (from History of New Mexico)
Image 24Shiprock (from New Mexico)
Image 25Wheeler Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Range (from New Mexico)
Image 26Spaceport America terminal, The Gateway (from New Mexico)
Image 27The railway station in Tucumcari (from New Mexico)
Image 28Greater roadrunner (the state bird of New Mexico) (from New Mexico)
Image 29Symbols 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)

Counties in New Mexico by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

Legend

Non-Hispanic White

40–50%

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

Native American

40–50%

80–90%

Hispanic or Latino

40–50%

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

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Image 31Interior of the Crosby Theater at the Santa Fe Opera, viewed from the mezzanine (from New Mexico)
Image 32President 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 33An F-22 Raptor flown by the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman AFB (from New Mexico)
Image 34Comancheria and the New Mexico settlements prior to 1850. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 35Proposals for Texas northwestern boundary (from History of New Mexico)
Image 36Party registration by New Mexico county (February 2023):
  Democratic >= 30%
  Democratic >= 40%
  Democratic >= 50%
  Democratic >= 60%
  Democratic >= 70%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from New Mexico)
Image 37Luminarias in the old mission church, Jemez State Monument (from New Mexico)
Image 38New Mexico state quarter, circulated in April 2008 (from New Mexico)
Image 39Bronze statue of Archbishop Lamy in front of St. Francis Cathedral (from History of New Mexico)
Image 40Serving food in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 41The New Mexico Public Education Department is in Santa Fe. (from New Mexico)
Image 42The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (from New Mexico)
Image 43The Santa Ana Star Center (from New Mexico)
Image 44Köppen climate types of New Mexico, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from New Mexico)
Image 45Albuquerque Studios, built in 2007 for the rising demand of film production in the state (from New Mexico)
Image 46Carlsbad Caverns National Park (from New Mexico)
Image 47New Mexico proposed boundary before Compromise of 1850 (from History of New Mexico)

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... 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 a Royal Air Force officer built a KAVE in New Mexico?
... that Jesse Marcel claimed that he recovered extraterrestrial debris from a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico?
... 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 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 in 2007, Joe Garcia became the first governor of a pueblo to swear in the governor of New Mexico?

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