Portal:New Mexico/State Facts

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• Nickname: Land of Enchantment
• Capital: Santa Fe
• State Officers
  • Governor: Bill Richardson (D)
  • Lieutenant Governor: Diane Denish (D)
  • Secretary of State: Mary Herrera
  • Attorney General: Gary King
  • Treasurer: James Lewis
  • Comptroller General:
  • Secretary of Education: Veronica García
  • Secretary of Agriculture: Miley Gonzalez
  • Adjutant General: General Kenny Montoya

• Total area: 121,665 sq.mi
  • Land: 121,356 sq.mi
  • Water: 234 sq.mi
• Highest elevation: 13,161 ft (Wheeler Peak, Colfax County)
• Population (2000 census) 1,928,384
• Date admitted to the Union: January 6, 1912,

• Senators: Pete Domenici (R), Jeff Bingaman (D)
• Representatives: Heather Wilson (R), Steve Pearce (R), Tom Udall (D)

State symbols:
State Capital:	Santa Fe
State Mottos:	"Crescit eundo" ("It Grows as It Goes")
State Songs:	"O Fair New Mexico"
State Tree:	Two-Needle Piñon Pine
State Flower:	Yucca flower
State Grasses:	Blue grama
State Bird:	Greater roadrunner
State Animal:	Black Bear
State Reptile:	New Mexico Whiptail Lizard
State Amphibian:	New Mexico Spadefoot Toad
State Fish:	Cutthroat Trout
State Insect:	Tarantula Hawk Wasp
State Butterfly:	Red Admiral
State Cookie:	Bizcochito
State Vegetables	Chiles and Frijoles (refried beans)
State Rock:	Turquoise
State Poem:	A Nuevo Mexico
State Ships:	USS New Mexico (BB-40) & USS New Mexico (SSN-779)
State Quarter