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This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Mexican Americans in New Mexico. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Felipe Ángeles Airport's conversion as a civilian airport has been in response to congestion challenges at Mexico City International Airport, a longstanding topic in Mexican politics since the early 2000s. The airport, constrained by its location in a densely populated area, faced limitations in infrastructure expansion due to urban ...
Oakland – California's third largest Mexican-American city by percentage (over 25%) after Long Beach (about 30%). Many live in the Fruitvale district. San José – Nearly one-third of the city's population is Mexican American or of Hispanic origin; San Jose has the largest Mexican American population within the Bay Area. South San Francisco
The U.S. won the Mexican–American War (1846–1848) and in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), Mexico ceded to the U.S. the northwestern Mexico (present-day southwestern USA), including most of present-day New Mexico. On June 8, 1854 the United States bought 29,670-square-mile of land from Mexico.
Mexican American girls at a Quinceañera celebration in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Hispanic culture places a strong value on family, and is commonly taught to Hispanic children as one of the most important values in life. Statistically, Hispanic families tend to have larger and closer knit families than the American average.
Culturally they identify with the culture of New Mexico, practicing Pueblo Christianity, [10] [11] and displaying patriotism in regional Americana through pride for cities and towns such as Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Further cultural expression includes New Mexican cuisine and music, as well as Ranchero and US Route 66 cruising lifestyles. [12]
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 45th in population density. [9]
Mexican-American culture in Albuquerque, New Mexico (7 P) C. ... Pages in category "Mexican-American culture by city" The following 6 pages are in this category, out ...