New Mexico

Capitol: Santa Fe


Became the 47th state
to enter the union on
Jan. 6, 1912


State flower: yucca

State bird: roadrunner

State song: "O Fair New Mexico"

State tree: pinon

State motto: "Crescit eundo"
(It grows as it goes)


Nickname: "Land of Enchantment"


Size in land area: 121,356 square miles


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