The State of New Mexico

The State of New Mexico (NM) is a 47th state of the United States of America admitted in January 6, 1912. This state is situated in the south-western part of the USA. New Mexico is bordered by Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas U.S. states and Chihuahua and Sonora Mexican states.

Santa Fe is the state capital and Albuquerque is the largest city of New Mexico. First three digits of social security number for New-Mexicans are 525, 585 and 648-649. New Mexico is the 5th-largest state in total area 121,598 square miles and ranks 36th in population 1,984 thousand residents. The elevation of high point of state is 13,160 feet it's Wheeler Peak, lowest point is Red Bluff Lake is 2,817 feet. New Mexico time zone is Mountain Time Zone UTC-7/-6. Nickname of the state is Land of Enchantment. The state's characters are:

Animal: Black Bear
Bird: Roadrunner
Colors is Red and Yellow of Old Spain
Fish: Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout
Flower: Yucca Flower
Fossil: Coelophysis
Gemstone: Turquoise
Grass: Blue Grama
Insect of state: Tarantula Hawk Wasp
Motto: Crescit Eundo that mean It grows as it goes
Song is O, Fair New Mexico and "Asi Es Nuevo Mexico"
Tree: Pinyon Pine
Vegetable: Chile, Frijoles - Pinto Beans

New Mexico State Capitol Address: State Capitol
490 Old Santa Fe Trail
Room 400
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Phone: (505) 827-3000
Fax: (505) 827-3026

Wikipedia contain many other interesting information about New Mexico http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico. On official site http://www.newmexico.gov you can make request how verify social security number of person.