Some Interesting Facts About New Mexico:
New Mexico is one of the corner states of South America. New Mexico was formally declared a state in 1912, al though it's boundaries were etched out by Congress in 1863. . There are numerous facts about New Mexico of which one of the facts is that Santa Fe is the highest capital city of the United States of America. It is also a part of New Mexico that stands at 7,000 feet above sea level.
New Mexico is famous for the making the world's largest enchilada during the first weekend of October in the 'Whole Enchilada Fiesta" of Las Cruces. Moreover, Albuquerque also proudly hosts the world's largest international hot air balloon fiesta in October. The wonderful and famous Hatch of New Mexico is more commonly identified as 'Green Chile capital of the world'.
Geographically, lakes and rivers only constitute about 0. 002% of the total surface area of New Mexico. In fact, New Mexico is the state with the lowest water-to-land ration in the United States of America. Rio Grande runs the length of New Mexico, to be the longest river here. The lakes of New Mexico are largely man-made reservoirs, with the largest lake being the Elephant Butte Reservoir.
It was on the White Sands Testing Range near Alamogordo that the world's first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945. A placard is found to the north of the impact point to identify this point as Trinity Site. A peculiarity of the White Sands National Monument is that it is a desert, of not the usual sand, but of gleaming white gypsum crystals!
Grants of New Mexico were called the 'carrot capital of the country' until the process of cellophane wrapping began. From here, California took over from them. However Grants has lately been considered the 'Uranium capital of the world' as it produces the bulk of the nation's uranium supply of the post-World War II and Cold War era.
Archeologists have identified over 25,000 Anasazi sites in New Mexico. The Anasazi was an amazing civilization with the ancestors of the Pueblo. This was a great classical period that lasted from 1100-1300 AD. Pueblo is a word that is used to describe a group of people, a town or an architectural style. There are about 19 Pueblo groups now found in New Mexico that speaks around 4 distinct languages.
The state flower of Mexico, called the Yucca is indeed a very special plant. This is because its leaves can surprisingly, be used for making rope, baskets and sandals! About žth of New Mexico is forested; this is because of the 7 national forests found here. The nation's largest forest is the 3. 3 million acre Gila National Forest, including the Gila wilderness.
Reading about some of the facts about New Mexico stirs one's interest and fascination on the city of New Mexico. So it would actually be a good idea to head on to New Mexico to see and verify these facts of New Mexico!