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New Mexico

New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, is a state in the . It became a Spanish colony after conquistadors arrived in the 16th century, then a Mexican territory until the Mexican-American War of the 1840s, and then an American territory until it achieved statehood in 1912.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

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, also known as ABQ, is a vibrant, sprawling city near the of New Mexico. Cradled in the Rio Grande Valley beneath the Sandia Mountains, it is by far the largest city in the state, acting as the media, educational, and economic center of New Mexico, as well as the home of the state's only major airport, making it a common entry point into New Mexico.

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, founded in 1607, is the capital of the state of New Mexico and its principal tourist destination, renowned for its confluence of scenic beauty, long history, cultural diversity, and extraordinary concentration of arts, music and fine dining.

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is a city in New Mexico. The name means "the crosses" in Spanish. It is the state's second largest city, with a population of over 111,000, and is the site of New Mexico State University.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as North Central New Mexico and Southeast New Mexico.

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is Georgia O'Keeffe country — the high desert with the amazing colors. This is a region of incredible scenic variety and fascinating cultural nuances, with two gorgeous mountain ranges separated by the valley of the Rio Grande.

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Southeastern New Mexico is a region of the state of New Mexico in the . It is less well endowed with significant travel destinations than most other regions of New Mexico, but does include the spectacular…

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Southwestern New Mexico is the state's most diverse region, though not its most populous. It includes , second largest metropolitan area in the state; the Gila Wilderness, a vast roadless area popular with hikers; and a great deal of desolate territory near the border with .

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is the region of the state containing and vicinity. Unusually for a United States city of significant size, Albuquerque has almost no true "suburbs" that have grown along with and after, rather than independent of, the city; about the only one of consequence is Rio Rancho.

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is a very rural region bordering the and southern . There are fewer scenic and cultural attractions here than in most other regions of the state, but the area does contain a few things to break the tedium of the…

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is a region in the state of New Mexico in the United States. It is notable for desert scenery, , and a large part of , the country's largest Indian reservation.
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New Mexico

Latitude of center
34.5802° or 34° 34′ 49″ north
Longitude of center
-105.996° or 105° 59′ 46″ west
Population
2,060,000
Elevation
6,198 feet (1,889 metres)
Abbreviation
“NM”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316973967
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
5481136
Wiki­data ID
Q1522
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zhuang—“New Mexico” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “New Mexico”
  • Afrikaans: “Nieu-Meksiko”
  • Afrikaans: “NM”
  • Albanian: “New Mexico”
  • Albanian: “Nju Meksiko”
  • Amharic: “ኒው ሜክሲኮ”
  • Arabic: “المكسيك الجديد”
  • Arabic: “نيو مكسيكو”
  • Arabic: “نيومكسيكو”
  • Aragonese: “Nuevo Mexico”
  • Armenian: “Նյու Մեքսիկո”
  • Arpitan: “Novél-Mexique”
  • Asturian: “NM”
  • Asturian: “Nuevu Méxicu”
  • Aymara: “New Mïxiku suyu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nyu-Meksiko”
  • Balinese: “New Mexico”
  • Basque: “Mexiko Berria”
  • Bavarian: “Neimexiko”
  • Bavarian: “New Mexico”
  • Bavarian: “Stoot Neimexiko”
  • Belarusian: “Нью-Мексіка”
  • Belarusian: “Нью-Мэксыка”
  • Bengali: “নিউ মেক্সিকো”
  • Bhojpuri: “न्यू मैक्सिको”
  • Bishnupriya: “নিউ মেক্সিকো”
  • Bislama: “Niu Mexico”
  • Bosnian: “New Mexico”
  • Bosnian: “NM”
  • Bosnian: “Novi Meksiko”
  • Breton: “Mec’hiko Nevez”
  • Breton: “Mec’hiko-Nevez”
  • Breton: “New Mexico”
  • Bulgarian: “Ню Мексико”
  • Burmese: “နယူးမက္ကဆီကိုပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Nou Mèxic”
  • Cebuano: “New Mexico”
  • Central Bikol: “Nueva Mehiko”
  • Central Kurdish: “نیومەکسیکۆ”
  • Chavacano: “New Mexico”
  • Chechen: “Нью-Мексико”
  • Cherokee: “ᏍᏆᏂᏤᏍᏛᎢ”
  • Chinese: “New Mexico”
  • Chinese: “新墨西哥州”
  • Chuvash: “Çĕнĕ Мексика”
  • Cornish: “Meksiko Nowydh”
  • Corsican: “Messicu Novu”
  • Corsican: “New Mexico”
  • Corsican: “Novu Messicu”
  • Corsican: “Nuevo México”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Nyu Meksiko”
  • Croatian: “Novi Meksiko”
  • Czech: “Nové Mexiko”
  • Czech: “State of New Mexico”
  • Dagbani: “New Mexico”
  • Danish: “New Mexico”
  • Danish: “Nuevo México”
  • Dimli (individual language): “New Mexico”
  • Dutch: “New Mexico”
  • Dutch: “Nieuw-Mexico”
  • Dutch: “NM”
  • Dutch: “Staat Nieuw-Mexico”
  • Eastern Mari: “Нью-Мексико”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نيو مكسيكو”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نيو ميكسيكو”
  • Esperanto: “NM”
  • Esperanto: “Nov-Meksiko”
  • Esperanto: “Novmeksiko”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝtato Nov-Meksiko”
  • Estonian: “New Mexico”
  • Ewe: “New Mexico”
  • Faroese: “New Mexico”
  • Fiji Hindi: “New Mexico”
  • Finnish: “New Mexico”
  • French: “État du Nouveau-Mexique”
  • French: “Nouveau Mexique”
  • French: “Nouveau-Mexique”
  • Gagauz: “New Mexico”
  • Galician: “Estado de Novo México”
  • Galician: “NM”
  • Galician: “Novo México”
  • Georgian: “ნიუ-მექსიკო”
  • German: “Neumexiko”
  • German: “New Mexico”
  • German: “Staat Neumexiko”
  • Gilaki: “نئومکزیکو”
  • Gilaki: “نۊئوؤ مهیکؤ”
  • Gilaki: “نيۊ مکزيکؤ”
  • Gilaki: “نيۊمکزيکؤ”
  • Gilaki: “نیو مکزیکو”
  • Gilaki: “نیومکزیکو”
  • Gothic: “𐌽𐌹𐌿 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉”
  • Greek: “Νέο Μεξικό”
  • Guarani: “Méhiko Pyahu”
  • Guarani: “Pyahu Méjiko”
  • Gujarati: “ન્યૂ મેક્સિકો”
  • Haitian: “Nou Meksiko”
  • Haitian: “Nouvo Meksik”
  • Hakka Chinese: “New Mexico”
  • Hausa: “New Mexico”
  • Hawaiian: “Nū Mekiko”
  • Hebrew: “ניו מקסיקו”
  • Hindi: “नया मेक्सिको”
  • Hindi: “न्यू मेक्सिको”
  • Hungarian: “New Mexico”
  • Hungarian: “Új-Mexikó”
  • Icelandic: “New Mexico”
  • Icelandic: “Nýja-Mexíkó”
  • Ido: “Nova-Mexikia”
  • Igbo: “Nú Mézíkọ”
  • Iloko: “New Mexico”
  • Inari Sami: “New Mexico”
  • Indonesian: “New Mexico”
  • Interlingua: “New Mexico”
  • Interlingue: “Nov-Mexico”
  • Inupiaq: “Nutaaq Maksikuu”
  • Inupiaq: “Tchiaq Mexiqo”
  • Irish: “Nua-Mheicsiceo”
  • Italian: “New Mexico”
  • Italian: “Nuovo Messico”
  • Japanese: “ニュー・メキシコ”
  • Japanese: “ニュー・メキシコ州”
  • Japanese: “ニューメキシコ”
  • Japanese: “ニューメキシコ州”
  • Japanese: “ヌエボ・メヒコ”
  • Japanese: “ヌエボ・メヒコ州”
  • Javanese: “New Mexico”
  • Kabiyè: “Niwu Mɛksikii”
  • Kabyle: “Miksik Amaynut”
  • Kalmyk: “Шин Меексик”
  • Kannada: “ಹೊಸ ಮೆಕ್ಸಿಕೋ”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Нью-Мексико”
  • Kazakh: “Нью-Мексико”
  • Kirghiz: “Нью-Мексико”
  • Komering: “New Mexico”
  • Korean: “뉴멕시코 주”
  • Korean: “뉴멕시코”
  • Korean: “뉴멕시코주”
  • Kurdish: “New Mexico”
  • Kurdish: “Nû Meksîk”
  • Ladin: “New Mexico”
  • Ladino: “Muevo Meksiko”
  • Ladino: “Nuevo México”
  • Lao: “ນິວເມັກຊິໂກ”
  • Latin: “Novum Mexicum”
  • Latvian: “Ņūmeksika”
  • Ligurian: “Neuvo Méscico”
  • Ligurian: “Noeuvo Mescico”
  • Limburgan: “New Mexico”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “New Mexico”
  • Literary Chinese: “新墨西哥州”
  • Lithuanian: “Naujoji Meksika”
  • Lombard: “Növ Messich”
  • Low German: “Nee-Mexiko”
  • Low German: “Niej Mexiko”
  • Low German: “Niej-Mexiko”
  • Luxembourgish: “New Mexico”
  • Macedonian: “Ново Мексико”
  • Maithili: “न्यू मेक्सिको”
  • Malagasy: “New Mexico”
  • Malay: “New Mexico”
  • Malayalam: “ന്യൂ മെക്സിക്കോ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯅ꯭ꯌꯨ ꯃꯦꯛꯁꯤꯀꯣ”
  • Manx: “New Mexico”
  • Maori: “Hou Mehiko”
  • Maori: “New Mexico”
  • Maori: “Niu Mēhiko”
  • Marathi: “न्यू मेक्सिको”
  • Mazanderani: “نیومکزیکو”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “New Mexico”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “New Mexico”
  • Mingrelian: “ნიუ-მექსიკო”
  • Mongolian: “Нью-Мексико”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “نيو ميكسيكو”
  • Nauru: “New Mexico”
  • Navajo: “Yootó Hahoodzo”
  • Nepali: “नयाँ मेक्सिको”
  • Nepali: “न्यू मेक्सिको”
  • Newari: “न्यु मेक्सिको”
  • Newari: “न्हु मेक्सिको”
  • Northern Frisian: “New Mexico”
  • Northern Luri: “نیومکزیکو”
  • Northern Sami: “New Mexico”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “N.M.”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “New Mexico”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “NM”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “New Mexico”
  • Norwegian: “New Mexico”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Nòu Mexic”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܢܝܘ ܡܝܟܣܝܟܘ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Nīwe Mexico”
  • Ossetian: “Нью-Мексико”
  • Pali: “न्हु मेक्सिको”
  • Pampanga: “New Mexico”
  • Panjabi: “ਨਿਊ ਮੈਕਸੀਕੋ”
  • Papiamento: “New Mexico”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Nei Mexico”
  • Persian: “نیومکزیکو”
  • Picard: “New Mexico”
  • Picard: “Nouvieu-Messike”
  • Piemontese: “Neuv Méssich”
  • Polish: “Nowy Meksyk”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de New Mexico”
  • Portuguese: “Estado do Novo México”
  • Portuguese: “N.M.”
  • Portuguese: “New Mexico”
  • Portuguese: “NM”
  • Portuguese: “Novo México”
  • Pushto: “نیو مکسیکو”
  • Quechua: “Musuq Mishiku suyu”
  • Romanian: “New Mexico”
  • Romansh: “New Mexico”
  • Russia Buriat: “Нью-Мексико”
  • Russian: “Новая Мексика”
  • Russian: “Нью-Мексико”
  • Russian: “Нью-Мехико”
  • Samoan: “Niu Mekisikō”
  • Samogitian: “Nauja Meksėka”
  • Sanskrit: “न्‍यू मेक्‍सिको”
  • Sardinian: “Nou Mèssicu”
  • Saterfriesisch: “New Mexico”
  • Scots: “New Mexico”
  • Scots: “NM”
  • Scots: “Nuevo México”
  • Scots: “US-NM”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Meagsago Nuadh”
  • Serbian: “Нови Мексико”
  • Serbian: “Њу Мексико”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Novi Meksiko”
  • Sicilian: “New Mexico”
  • Sicilian: “Novu Mèssicu”
  • Silesian: “Nowy Meksyk”
  • Sindhi: “نيو ميڪسيڪو”
  • Sinhala: “නිව් මෙක්සිකෝ”
  • Sinhala: “නිව් මෙක්සිකෝව”
  • Slovak: “Nové Mexiko”
  • Slovenian: “NM”
  • Slovenian: “Nova Mehika”
  • Slovenian: “US-NM”
  • Somali: “Meksiko Cusub”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نیومکزیکو ایالتی”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Nuevo México”
  • Spanish: “N. Mex.”
  • Spanish: “N.M.”
  • Spanish: “NM”
  • Spanish: “Nuevo Méjico”
  • Spanish: “Nuevo México, Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Nuevo México”
  • Spanish: “Tierra de Encanto”
  • Swahili: “New Mexico”
  • Swedish: “New Mexico”
  • Swedish: “Nya Mexico”
  • Swedish: “Nya Mexiko”
  • Tagalog: “New Mexico”
  • Tajik: “Ню-Мексико”
  • Talysh: “Nju Meksiko”
  • Tamil: “நியூ மெக்சிகோ”
  • Tamil: “நியூ மெக்ஸிகோ”
  • Tatar: “Нью-Мексико”
  • Telugu: “న్యూ మెక్సికో”
  • Thai: “รัฐนิวเม็กซิโก”
  • Tibetan: “མེག་སི་ཀོ་གསར་མ།”
  • Tumbuka: “New Mexico”
  • Turkish: “N. Mex.”
  • Turkish: “N.M.”
  • Turkish: “New Mexico eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “New Mexico, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri”
  • Turkish: “New Mexico”
  • Turkish: “NM”
  • Turkish: “State of New Mexico”
  • Turkish: “US-NM”
  • Uighur: “Yéngi Méksika Shitati”
  • Ukrainian: “Нью-Мексико”
  • Upper Sorbian: “New Mexico”
  • Urdu: “نیو میکسیکو”
  • Uzbek: “N’yu-Meksiko”
  • Uzbek: “Nyu-Meksiko”
  • Venetian: “New Mexico”
  • Venetian: “Novo Mèsego”
  • Vietnamese: “New Mexico”
  • Vlaams: “New Mexico”
  • Vlax Romani: “New Mexico”
  • Volapük: “New Mexico”
  • Volapük: “Nula⸗Mäxikän”
  • Waray (Philippines): “New Mexico”
  • Welsh: “Mecsico Newydd”
  • Welsh: “New Mexico”
  • Western Frisian: “Nij Meksiko”
  • Western Frisian: “Nij-Meksiko”
  • Western Mari: “Нью-Мексико”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیو میکسیکو”
  • Wu Chinese: “新墨西哥州”
  • Xhosa: “INyumeksikho”
  • Yakut: “Нью Мексико”
  • Yiddish: “ניו מעקסיקא”
  • Yoruba: “New Mexico”
  • Yoruba: “Titun Mẹ́ksíkò”
  • Yue Chinese: “新墨西哥州”
  • Zeeuws: “New Mexico”
  • Zhuang: “New Mexico”
  • “ma Numesiko”
  • “Mèsic Nóṿ”
  • “Nauja Meksėka”
  • “New Mexico”
  • “NM”
  • “US-NM”
  • “Yankwik Mexihko”
  • “Yankwik Mexihko Tlahtohkayotl”
  • “Yankwik Mexihko Tlatilantli”
  • “Yankwik Mexko”
  • “Yankwik Mexko Tlahtohkayotl”
  • “Yankwik Mexko Tlatilantli”
  • “न्यू मैक्सिको”

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