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New Mexico ( Spanish: Nuevo México [ˈnweβo ˈmexiko] ^ⓘ; Navajo: Yootó Hahoodzo Navajo pronunciation: [jòːtʰó hɑ̀hòːtsò]) is a landlocked 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 Texas to the east and southeast, Oklahoma to the northeast, and 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 46th 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, especially textiles and visual 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. Due to its large area and economic climate, 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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The McDonald-Schmidt Ranch House. The concrete box at the foot of the stone wall is the remnant of a 1984 time capsule, buried for 25 years on the completion of the home's restoration.

The McDonald Ranch House in the Oscura Mountains of Socorro County, New Mexico, was the location of assembly of the world's first nuclear weapon. The active components of the Trinity test "gadget", a plutonium Fat Man-type bomb similar to that later dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, were assembled there on July 13, 1945. The completed bomb was winched up the test tower the following day and detonated on July 16, 1945, as the Trinity nuclear test.

The McDonald Ranch House was built in 1913 by Franz Schmidt, a German immigrant, and acquired by the McDonald family in the 1930s. The ranch was vacated by the McDonald family under protest in 1942, when the United States Army took over the land as part of the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range to use in training bomber crews during World War II. ( Full article...)

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One side of cellblock 4, where isolated prisoners were held

The New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, which took place on February 2 and 3, 1980, at the Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) south of Santa Fe, was the most violent prison riot in U.S. history. Inmates took complete control of the prison and twelve officers were taken hostage. Several inmates were killed by other prisoners, with some being tortured and mutilated because they had previously acted as informants for prison authorities. Police regained control of PNM 36 hours after the riots had begun. By then, thirty-three inmates had died and more than two hundred were treated for injuries. None of the twelve officers taken hostage were killed, but seven suffered serious injuries caused by beatings and rapes.

There had been riots at PNM before it moved in 1956, the first occurring on July 19, 1922, and the second on June 15, 1953. ( Full article...)

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Image 1Public New Mexico colleges and universities. New Mexico Higher Education Department. (from New Mexico)
Image 2Province of New Mexico when it belonged to Mexico in 1824 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 31867 map (from History of New Mexico)
Image 4A Hispano boy in Chamisal, 1940 (from New Mexico)
Image 5The railway station in Tucumcari (from New Mexico)
Image 6 Rio Grande Gorge and Bridge (from New Mexico)
Image 7Party registration by New Mexico county (February 2023):
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Image 8 Luminarias in the old mission church, Jemez State Monument (from New Mexico)
Image 9Tierra O Muerte – Land or Death. Some New Mexicans express dissatisfaction over land grant issues which date back to the Mexican War. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 10President 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 11 San Miguel Chapel, built in 1610 in Santa Fe, is the oldest church structure in the continental U.S. (from New Mexico)
Image 12In this photo, the Mexico–United States border divides Sunland Park and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. (from New Mexico)
Image 13 Carlsbad Caverns National Park (from New Mexico)
Image 14Comancheria and the New Mexico settlements prior to 1850. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 15A homesteader and his children at the New Mexico Fair in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 (from New Mexico)
Image 16Territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México when it belonged to Mexico in 1824 (from New Mexico)
Image 17Bronze statue of Archbishop Lamy in front of St. Francis Cathedral (from History of New Mexico)
Image 18Ancestral Pueblo territory shown in pink over New Mexico (from New Mexico)
Image 19Spaceport America terminal, The Gateway (from New Mexico)
Image 20Gen. Kearny's annexation of New Mexico, August 15, 1846 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 21The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (from New Mexico)
Image 22 Wheeler Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Range (from New Mexico)
Image 23Downtown Santa Fe train station (from New Mexico)
Image 24 Greater roadrunner (the state bird of New Mexico) (from New Mexico)
Image 25An F-22 Raptor flown by the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman AFB (from New Mexico)
Image 26The New Mexico Rail Runner Express is a commuter operation that runs along the Central Rio Grande Valley. (from New Mexico)
Image 27Statue 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 28 Köppen climate types of New Mexico, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from New Mexico)
Image 29Jean Nicolas Du Tralage and Vincenzo Coronelli's 1687 map of New Mexico (from History of New Mexico)
Image 30New Mexico population density map (from New Mexico)
Image 31 New Mexico proposed boundary before Compromise of 1850 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 32New Mexico state quarter, circulated in April 2008 (from New Mexico)
Image 33Santa Fe trail sign (from New Mexico)
Image 34The New Mexico Public Education Department is in Santa Fe. (from New Mexico)
Image 35Serving food in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 36 Shiprock (from New Mexico)
Image 37 Albuquerque Studios, built in 2007 for the rising demand of film production in the state (from New Mexico)
Image 38 White Sands National Park (from New Mexico)
Image 39José 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 40Symbols 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)
Image 41Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) (from New Mexico)
Image 42The Santa Ana Star Center (from New Mexico)
Image 43"The indigenous people of northern New Mexico" by Balduin Möllhausen, 1861 (from New Mexico)
Image 44Counties in New Mexico by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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- Non-Hispanic White
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    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 45Interior of the Crosby Theater at the Santa Fe Opera, viewed from the mezzanine (from New Mexico)
Image 46Ethnic origins in New Mexico (from New Mexico)
Image 47Proposals for Texas northwestern boundary (from History of New Mexico)

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... that when the founder of New Mexico television station KBIM-TV was told on the morning of April Fools' Day that his station's tower had collapsed, he initially wrote it off as a joke?
... that New Mexico television station KIVA-TV received angry phone calls and a bomb threat after switching away from a tied football game?
... that in 2007, Joe Garcia became the first governor of a pueblo to swear in the governor of New Mexico?
... that Roswell, New Mexico, radio station KBIM was so successful that its owner was able to start two other stations with its profits?
... 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?

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