About the Area
 
 

Santa Fe, New Mexico is one of the great destination cities of the world. 

Santa Fe is nestled in the foothills, at the southern tip of the Rocky Mountains at an altitude of 7,000 feet. The city occupies 33.4 square miles in a valley above the Rio Grande amongst mountains that reach to over 12,000 feet. Thousands of acres of National Forest and wilderness surround the city, and yet it is only an hour's drive to the Albuquerque International Airport. Known as the "City Different," Santa Fe supports both historic culture and modern technology, while offering an outstanding quality of life for both young and old. It is the oldest state capital in the country, founded in 1610, and at one time all lands west of the Mississippi were governed from the Palace of the Governors on the Santa Fe Plaza.

 
  General Information
Governor: Bill Richardson
Santa Fe Mayor: Larry Delgado
Population of New Mexico: 1.8 million
Population of Santa Fe: 66,522
State: New Mexico became 47th state in 1912
State Capital: Santa Fe

Official State Symbols
Bizcochito (cookie)
Black Bear (mammal)
Blue Grama (desert grass)
Chile and Pinto Bean (vegetables)
Coelophysis (fossil)
Cutthroat Trout (fish)
Pinon Pine (tree)
Roadrunner (bird)
Tarantula Hawk Wasp (insect)
Turquoise (precious gemstones)
Yucca (flowering cactus)

State Flag
Adopted in 1925, the flag combines the ancient sun symbol of the Zia Pueblo Indians with the red and gold colors carried into New Mexico by the Spanish conquistadores.

Official State Songs
"O Fair New Mexico," by Elizabeth Garrett
"As Es Nuevo Mijico," by Amadeo Lucero
"Land of Enchantment," by Michael Martin Murphey

State Poem
"A Nuevo Mexico," by Luis Tafoya

 
 




 
 
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