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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. [8]
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 ...
Map of the United States with New Mexico highlighted New Mexico is a state located in the Western United States . According to the 2020 United States Census , New Mexico is the 15th least-populous state with 2,117,522 inhabitants [ 1 ] but the 5th-largest by land area , spanning 121,298.15 square miles (314,160.8 km 2 ). [ 2 ]
Acoma Pueblo ( / ˈækəmə / AK-ə-mə, Western Keres: Áakʼu) is a Native American pueblo approximately 60 miles (97 km) west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. Four communities make up the village of Acoma Pueblo: Sky City (Old Acoma), Acomita, Anzac, and McCartys. These communities are located near the expansive Albuquerque ...
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.
Silver City is a town in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat [ 5 ] and the home of Western New Mexico University . As of the 2010 census the population was 10,315. [ 6 ]
Las Vegas, often known simply as Vegas, is a city in and the county seat of San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. [6] Once two separate municipalities (one a city and the other a town), both were named Las Vegas: West Las Vegas ("Old Town") and East Las Vegas ("New Town").
GNIS feature ID. 2412105 [ 2] Website. City Website. Tucumcari ( / ˈtuːkəmˌkæriː /; TOO-cum-carry) is a city in and the county seat of Quay County, New Mexico, United States. [ 4] The population was 5,278 at the 2020 census. [ 5] Tucumcari was founded in 1901, two years before Quay County was established.