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US: New Mexico
The State of New Mexico (njuːˈmɛksəkoʊ) is a state in the southwestern region of the United States of America. more...
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Over its relatively long history it has been inhabited by Native American populations and has been part of the Imperial Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S. territory. Among U.S. states, New Mexico has simultaneously the highest percentage of Hispanic Americans (comprised of both recent immigrants and descendants of Spanish colonists) and the second-highest percentage of Native Americans after Alaska (mostly Navajo and Pueblo peoples). As a result, the demographics and culture of the state are unique for their strong Spanish, Mexican, and American Indian cultural influences. The climate of the state is highly arid and its territory is mostly covered by mountains and desert. At a population density of 15 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth most sparsely inhabited U.S. State.
Geography
- Further information: List of New Mexico counties
The eastern border of New Mexico lies along 103° W longitude with the state of Oklahoma, and three miles (5 km) west of 103° W longitude with Texas. On the southern border, Texas makes up the eastern two-thirds, while the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora make up the western third, with Chihuahua making up about 90% of that. The western border with Arizona runs along the 109° 03' W longitude. The 37° N latitude parallel forms the northern boundary with Colorado. The states New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah come together at the Four Corners in the northwestern corner of New Mexico.
The landscape ranges from wide, rose-colored deserts to broken mesas to high, snow-capped peaks. Despite New Mexico's arid image, heavily forested mountain wildernesses cover a significant portion of the state, especially towards the north. The Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) Mountains, the southernmost part of the Rocky Mountains, run roughly north-south along the east side of the Rio Grande in the rugged, pastoral north.
Cacti, yuccas, creosote bush, sagebrush, and desert grasses cover the broad, semiarid plains that cover the southern portion of the state.
The Federal government protects millions of acres of New Mexico as national forests including:
Carson National Forest;
Cibola National Forest (headquartered in Albuquerque);
Lincoln National Forest;
Santa Fe National Forest (headquartered in Santa Fe);
Other protected lands include the following national monuments:
Aztec Ruins National Monument at Aztec;
Bandelier National Monument in Los Alamos;
Capulin Volcano National Monument near Capulin;
Carlsbad Caverns National Park near Carlsbad;
Chaco Culture National Historical Park at Nageezi;
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail;
El Malpais National Monument in Grants;
El Morro National Monument in Ramah;
Fort Union National Monument at Watrous;
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument near Silver City;
Old Spanish National Historic Trail;
Pecos National Historical Park in Pecos;
Petroglyph National Monument near Albuquerque;
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument at Mountainair;
Santa Fe National Historic Trail;
White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo;
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