Coordinates: 34°N 106°W / 34°N 106°W / 34; -106New Mexico
(Spanish: Nuevo México; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnweβo ˈmexiko]
(listen), Navajo: Yootó Hahoodzo; Navajo pronunciation: [jÃ²Ë txó
xÉ'Ì€xÃ²Ë tsò]) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United
States of America; its capital is Santa Fe, which was founded in 1610
as capital of Nuevo México (itself established as a province of New
Spain in 1598), while its largest city is Albuquerque with its
accompanying metropolitan area. It is one of the Mountain States and
shares the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. New
Mexico is also bordered by the state of Texas to the east-southeast,
Oklahoma to the northeast, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua to the
south and Sonora to the southwest. With an estimated population of
2,096,829 as of the July 1, 2019, U.S. Census Bureau estimate, New
Mexico is the 36th largest state by population. With a total area of
121,590 sq mi (314,900 km2), it is the fifth-largest and sixth-least
densely populated of the 50 states. Due to their geographic locations,
northern and eastern New Mexico exhibit a colder, alpine climate,
while western and southern New Mexico exhibit a warmer, arid
climate.The economy of New Mexico is dependent on oil drilling,
mineral extraction, dryland farming, cattle ranching, acequia and
landrace agriculture, lumber milling, retail trade, scientific
research laboratories, technological development, as well as the arts
especially textiles and visual arts. As of 2018, its total gross
domestic product (GDP) was $101 billion with a GDP per capita of
$45,465. State tax policy results in low to moderate taxation of
resident personal income compared to most U.S. states, with special
consideration for military personnel, and gives tax credits and
exemptions to favorable industries. Because of this, its film industry
has grown and contributed $1.23 billion to its overall economy. Due to
its large area and economic climate, New Mexico has a large U.S.
military presence marked notably with the White Sands Missile Range.
Various U.S. national security agencies base their research and
testing arms in New Mexico, such as the Sandia and Los Alamos National
Laboratories. During the 1940s, Project Y of the Manhattan Project
developed and built the country's first atomic bomb and nuclear test,
Trinity.Inhabited by Native Americans for many thousands of years
before European exploration, it was colonized by the Spanish in 1598
as part of the Imperial Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain. In 1563, it
was named Nuevo México after the Aztec Valley of Mexico by Spanish
settlers, more than 250 years before the establishment and naming of
the present-day country of Mexico; thus, the present-day state of New
Mexico was not named after the country today known as Mexico. After
Mexican independence in 1821, New Mexico became a Mexican territory
with considerable autonomy. This autonomy was threatened, however, by
the centralizing tendencies of the Mexican government from the 1830s
onward, with rising tensions eventually leading to the Revolt of 1837.
At the same time, the region became more economically dependent on the
United States. At the conclusion of the Mexicanâ€"American War in
1848, the United States annexed New Mexico as the U.S. New Mexico
Territory. It was admitted to the Union as the 47th state on January
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