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New Mexico (Spanish: Nuevo México[ Note 2][ 7] [ˈnweβo ˈmexiko] ⓘ; Navajo: Yootó Hahoodzo Navajo pronunciation: [jòːtʰó hɑ̀hòːtsò]) 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.
Geography of New Mexico. With a total area of 121,590 square miles (314,900 km 2 ), [ 1] New Mexico is the fifth-largest state, after Alaska, Texas, California, and Montana. Its eastern border lies along 103°W longitude with the state of Oklahoma, and 2.2 miles (3.5 kilometres) west of 103°W longitude with Texas (due to a 19th-century ...
v. t. e. There are 33 counties in the U.S. state of New Mexico . The New Mexico Territory was organized in September 1850. The first nine counties in the territory to be created, in 1852, were Bernalillo, Doña Ana, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Santa Fe, Socorro, Taos, and Valencia Counties. Mora County was created in 1860.
U.S. Military Province of New Mexico, 1846. U.S. Provisional Government of New Mexico 1846–1850. Unorganized territory created by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848–1850. State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850. Proposed state of New Mexico, 1850. Territory of New Mexico, 1850–1912 [ 1] Gadsden Purchase of 1853.
Los Alamos, New Mexico. / 35.89111°N 106.26389°W / 35.89111; -106.26389. Los Alamos ( Spanish: Los Álamos, meaning The Cottonwoods) is a census-designated place in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States, that is recognized as one of the development and creation places of the atomic bomb —the primary objective of the Manhattan ...
Roswell, New Mexico. / 33.39417°N 104.52278°W / 33.39417; -104.52278. Roswell ( / ˈrɒzwɛl /) is a city in and the seat of Chaves County, New Mexico, United States. [ 6] The population was 48,422 at the 2020 census, [ 3] making it the fifth-most populous city in New Mexico. It is home of the New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI ...
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of New Mexico arranged by drainage ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of New Mexico (1974) This page was last edited on 5 ...
List of mountain peaks of New Mexico. Coordinates: 36.5569°N 105.4169°W. Wheeler Peak is the highest summit of the U.S. State of New Mexico. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [ 1] of the U.S. State of New Mexico . The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: