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Facts Origin of State Name : Spanish explorers in 1540 called the area "the new Mexico."
Nickname : Land of Enchantment.
Capital : Santa Fe.
Country : 33 counties
Location : 35.678N, 105.954W
Entered Union : 6 January 1912 (47th).
Songs : "O Fair New Mexico" and "Así Es Nuevo México."
Motto : Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes).
Flag : The sun symbol of the Indians of Zia Pueblo appears in red on a yellow field.
Animal : Black bear.
Bird : Roadrunner (chaparral bird).
Fish : Cutthroat trout.
Flower : Yucca (Our Lord's Candles).
Vegetables : Frijol; chile.
Tree : Piñon pine.
Fossil : Coelophysis dinosaur.
Gem : Turquoise.
Population : 1,928,384 as on 2005
Agriculture : Cattle, dairy products, hay, nursery stock, chilies.
Industry : Electric equipment, petroleum and coal products, food processing, printing and publishing, stone, glass, and clay products, tourism.