New Mexico

Land of Enchantment

New Mexico has mountains, valleys and lots of open spaces to roam. It is a popular state for tourists who travel throughout the year to enjoy the warm dry air. In October, Albuquerque hosts the world�s largest international hot air balloon festival and in October, the �Worlds Largest Enchilada� festival is held in Las Cruces.

The Navajo, the Nation�s largest Native American Group, have a reservation that covers 14 million acres and offers many activities and functions for visitors. To a certain degree New Mexico�s Indian Reservations function as states within a state where tribal law may supersede state law.

Since 1945, New Mexico has been a leader in energy research and development in nuclear, solar and geothermal areas. Minerals are the state's richest natural resource and New Mexico is one of the United States leaders in output of uranium and potassium salts. Petroleum, natural gas, copper, gold, silver, zinc, lead and molybdenum also contribute heavily to the state's income.

Principal manufacturing industries include food products, chemicals, transportation equipment, lumber, electrical machinery and stone-clay-glass products. More than two-thirds of New Mexico's farm income comes from livestock products, especially sheep. Cotton, pecans, and sorghum are the most important field crops but corn, peanuts, beans, onions, chilies, and lettuce are also grown.

Tourist attractions include the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Inscription Rock at El Morro National Monument, Billy the Kid mementos at Lincoln, the White Sands and Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monuments and the Chaco Culture National Historical Park to name a few.

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Population: 1,928,384
Land in Area: 121,593 square miles
Per Capita Personal Income: $31,474 as of 2007
Capital: Santa Fe

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That New Mexico has been known as the Sunshine State, a name recorded from around 1926, as well as the Cactus State, and the Spanish State. Enthusiastic supporters have variously regaled New Mexico with Land of Cactus, Land of the Delight Makers, Land of Opportunity, Land of Heart's Desires and Land of Enchantment, but it is the last of these which has stuck and which appears on licence plates.

That one out of every four workers in New Mexico works for the Federal Government?

That i1950 the little cub that was to become the National Fire Safety symbol Smokey the Bear was found trapped in a tree when his home in Lincoln National Forest was destroyed by fire? In 1963, in Smokey's honor, the New Mexican legislature chose the black bear to be the official state animal.

That after WWII Los Alamos and Albuquerque had many new laboratories. Hundreds of highly educated Scientists and Engineers moved in the state? New Mexico soon had a higher percentage of people with Ph.D.s than any other state.

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