• Names
  • Common name: New Mexico
    • Pronunciation:
  • Official name: State of New Mexico
  • Abbreviations and name codes
    • Postal symbol: NM
    • ISO 3166-2 code: US-NM
    • Internet second-level domain: .nm.us
  • Nicknames
    • Land of Enchantment (currently used on license plates)
    • Land of Sunshine (predates "Land of Enchantment"; this earlier nickname highlighted the large percentage of sunshine received statewide)
    • The Outer Space State
• Adjectivals
  • New Mexico
  • New Mexican
• Demonym: New Mexican

Geography of New Mexico

• New Mexico is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America
• Location
  • Northern hemisphere
  • Western hemisphere
    • Americas
      • North America
        • Anglo America
        • Northern America
          • United States of America
            • Contiguous United States
              • Western United States
                • Mountain West United States
                • Southwestern United States
• Population of New Mexico: 2,059,179 (2010 U.S. Census^[1])
• Area of New Mexico: 121,590 sq mi (314,900 km²)
• Atlas of New Mexico

Places in New Mexico edit

• Historic places in New Mexico
  • Ghost towns in New Mexico
  • National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in New Mexico
    • Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico
• National Natural Landmarks in New Mexico
• National parks in New Mexico
• State parks in New Mexico

Environment of New Mexico edit

• Climate of New Mexico
  • Climate change in New Mexico
• Superfund sites in New Mexico
• Wildlife of New Mexico
  • Fauna of New Mexico
    • Birds of New Mexico

Natural geographic features of New Mexico edit

• Mountain ranges of New Mexico
• Rivers of New Mexico
• Valleys of New Mexico

Regions of New Mexico edit

• Central New Mexico
• Eastern New Mexico
• Northern New Mexico
• Southern New Mexico
  • Southwestern New Mexico

Administrative divisions of New Mexico edit

• The 33 counties of the state of New Mexico
  • Municipalities in New Mexico
    • Cities in New Mexico
      • State capital of New Mexico: Santa Fe
      • Largest city in New Mexico: Albuquerque (34th-largest city in the U.S. As of June 2007)
      • City nicknames in New Mexico

Demography of New Mexico edit

• Demographics of New Mexico
• List of New Mexico counties by socioeconomic factors

Politics of New Mexico

• Form of government: U.S. state government
• United States congressional delegations from New Mexico
• New Mexico State Capitol
• Elections in New Mexico
  • Electoral reform in New Mexico
• Political party strength in New Mexico

Branches of the government of New Mexico edit

Government of New Mexico

Executive branch of the government of New Mexico edit

• Governor of New Mexico
  • Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
  • Secretary of State of New Mexico
• State departments
  • New Mexico Department of Transportation

Legislative branch of the government of New Mexico edit

• New Mexico Legislature (bicameral)
  • Upper house: New Mexico Senate
  • Lower house: New Mexico House of Representatives

Judicial branch of the government of New Mexico edit

Courts of New Mexico

• Supreme Court of New Mexico

Law and order in New Mexico edit

Law of New Mexico

• Cannabis in New Mexico
• Capital punishment in New Mexico
  • Individuals executed in New Mexico
• Constitution of New Mexico
• Crime in New Mexico
• Gun laws in New Mexico
• Law enforcement in New Mexico
  • Law enforcement agencies in New Mexico
    • New Mexico State Police
• Same-sex marriage in New Mexico

Military in New Mexico edit

• New Mexico Air National Guard
• New Mexico Army National Guard

History of New Mexico

History of New Mexico, by period edit

• Prehistory of New Mexico
• Puebloan peoples
• Spanish exploration, 1541–1680
• Spanish colony of Santa Fé de Nuevo Méjico, 1598–1821
  • Juan de Oñate Salazar founds San Juan de los Caballeros near Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, 1598
  • Juan Martinez de Montoya founds La Villa Real de la Santa Fé de San Francisco de Asís (Santa Fé) near pueblo, 1608
  • Governor Pedro de Peralta moves capital from San Juan to Santa Fé, 1610
    • Village of Taos founded near Pueblo de Taos, 1617
  • Popé leads Pueblo Revolt, 1680–1692
  • Governor Diego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras leads Reconquesta, 1692
  • Governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés founds Ranchos de Alburquerque (Albuquerque), 1706
  • Domínguez–Escalante expedition, 1776
  • United States presses territorial claims from Louisiana Purchase of 1803
    • Spanish cavalry arrests U.S. Army Pike Expedition, 1807
  • Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819
• Mexican War of Independence, September 16, 1810 – August 24, 1821
  • Treaty of Córdoba, August 24, 1821
• Mexican territory of Santa Fé de Nuevo México, 1821–1846
  • William Becknell opens Santa Fe Trail, 1821
  • Constitution of Mexico of 1824
  • Antonio Armijo opens Spanish Trail, 1829
  • Republic of Texas presses territorial claims, 1836–1845
    • Mexican Army arrests Texan Santa Fe Expedition, 1841
  • Revolt of 1837
• Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
  • U.S. Military Province of New Mexico, 1846
    • Military Governor – General Stephen Watts Kearny, 1846
  • Siege of Pueblo de Taos, 1847
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848
• U.S. Provisional Government of New Mexico 1846–1850
  • State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850
  • Proposed state of New Mexico, 1850
  • Compromise of 1850
• Territory of New Mexico, 1850–1912
  • Gadsden Purchase of 1853
  • Long Walk to Bosque Redondo, 1860–1861
  • American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
    • New Mexico in the American Civil War, 1861–1865
      • Border territory, 1861–1865
      • New Mexico Campaign, 1862
        • Battle of Glorieta Pass, March 26–28, 1862
      • Confederate Territory of Arizona, 1861–1865
  • Comanche Campaign, 1868–1874
  • Spanish–American War, April 25 – August 12, 1898
• State of New Mexico becomes 47th State admitted to the United States of America on January 6, 1912
  • World War I, June 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
    • United States enters Great War on April 6, 1917
  • Carlsbad Caverns National Park established on May 14, 1930
  • World War II, September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
    • United States enters Second World War on December 8, 1941
    • Manhattan Engineering District, 1941–1946
      • Site Y (Los Alamos National Laboratory), since 1943
      • Z Division (Sandia National Laboratories), since 1945
      • Trinity Site (White Sands Missile Range), since 1945
        • Trinity Test, 1945-07-16

History of New Mexico, by region edit

• By city
  • History of Roswell, New Mexico
  • History of Santa Fe, New Mexico

History of New Mexico, by subject edit

• Territorial evolution of New Mexico
• Uranium mining in New Mexico

Culture of New Mexico

• Cuisine of New Mexico
• Museums in New Mexico
• Religion in New Mexico
• Scouting in New Mexico
• State symbols of New Mexico
  • Flag of the State of New Mexico  
  • Great Seal of the State of New Mexico  

The Arts in New Mexico edit

• Music of New Mexico

Sports in New Mexico edit

Sports in New Mexico

Economy of New Mexico

• Communications in New Mexico
  • Newspapers in New Mexico
  • Radio stations in New Mexico
  • Television stations in New Mexico
• Energy in New Mexico
  • Power stations in New Mexico
  • Solar power in New Mexico
  • Wind power in New Mexico
  • Uranium mining in New Mexico
• Health care in New Mexico
  • Hospitals in New Mexico
• Transportation in New Mexico
  • Airports in New Mexico

Education in New Mexico

• Schools in New Mexico
  • School districts in New Mexico
    • High schools in New Mexico
  • Colleges and universities in New Mexico
    • University of New Mexico
    • New Mexico State University

• Topic overview:
  • New Mexico
  • Index of New Mexico-related articles
• All pages with titles beginning with New Mexico
• All pages with titles beginning with New Mexican
• All pages with titles containing New Mexico
• All pages with titles containing New Mexican

  Wikimedia Atlas of New Mexico