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The Santa Fe Art Museum
is fashioned in the adobe style typical of the southwestern United States
and New Mexico. It is the centerpiece of the burgeoning arts community in Santa Fe.
Other great museums!
Van Vechten-Lineberry Taos Art Museum
501 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
PO Box 1848 * Taos NM 87571
505-758-2690 * FAX: 505-758-7320
Bradbury Science Museum
15th & Central Los Alamos, NM Phone: 505-667-4444
Kit Carson Home and Museum
1/2 block from Taos Plaza on Kit Carson Road * PO Drawer CCC
Taos NM 87571 * 505-758-0505
The Harwood Foundation Museum
238 Ledoux Street * NDCBU 4080 * Taos NM 87571 * 505-758-9826
Parks & Recreation
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
contains more than 80 limestone caves that are outstanding in the
profusion, diversity and beauty of their speleothems.
White Sands
National Monument
At the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert lies a mountain
ringed valley, the Tularosa Basin. Rising from the heart of this basin is one of the
world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico.
P.O. Box 1086, Holloman AFB,
New Mexico 88330
(505) 679-2599 or (505) 479-6124
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Facts About New Mexico
Official State Question
The State of New Mexico now has an offical state question, Red or Green?
Chile Lights
Land
Area: 314,938 sq km (121,598 sq mi); rank: 5th.
Capital: Santa Fe (2000 pop., 62,203).
Largest city: Albuquerque (2000 pop., 448,607).
Counties: 33.
Elevations: highest--4,011 m (13,161 ft), at Wheeler Peak; lowest--866 m (2,842 ft),
at Red Bluff Reservoir.
People
Population (2000): 1,819,046; rank: 36th; density: 5.8 persons per sq km
(13.3 per sq mi).
Distribution (1990): 73% urban, 27% rural.
Average annual change (90-'00) 20.1%.
Education
Public enrollment (2000): elementary--228,725; secondary--115,538; higher--114,000
Nonpublic enrollment (1989): elementary and secondary--33,000; higher (1992)--4,000.
Institutions of higher education (1992): 31.
Economy
State personal income (1993): $26.3 billion; rank: 39th.
Median family income (2000): $33,221
Nonagricultural labor distribution (2000): manufacturing--58,146 persons; wholesale and
retail trade--110,102; government--173,156; services--167,000; transportation and public
utilities--35,314; finance, insurance, and real estate--40,412; construction--53,821.
Agriculture: income (1992)--$1.5 billion.
Lumber production (1991): 139 million board feet.
Mining, value: nonfuel (1993)--$788 million; oil and natural gas (1992)--$3.3 billion.
Manufacturing: value added (1991)--$4 billion.
Services: value (1987)--$5.8 billion.
Government
Governor: Bill Richardson, Democrat.
U.S.Congress: Senate--1 Democrat, 1 Republican; House--1 Democrat, 2 Republicans.
Electoral college votes: 5.
State legislature: 42 senators, 70 representatives.
State Symbols
Statehood: Jan. 6, 1912; the 47th state.
Nickname: Land of Enchantment.
Bird: Chaparral bird (roadrunner).
Flower: Yucca.
Tree: Pinon.
Motto: Crescit Eundo ("It Grows as It Goes").
Song: "O Fair New Mexico."
(Statistics from: 2000 US Census Data)
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