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New Mexico State Facts and Information

POSTAL ABBREVIATION: NM

CAPITAL CITY: Santa Fe

NICKNAME: Land of Enchantment

RESIDENTS ARE CALLED: New Mexicans

MOTTO: It grows as it goes

SONG: O, Fair New Mexico

BIRD: Roadrunner

INSECT: Tarantula Hawk Wasp

FLOWER: Yucca

TREE: Pinon

LARGEST CITY: Albuquerque

HIGHEST POINT: Wheeler Peak (13,161 ft)

BECAME A STATE ON: January 6, 1912 (47th state)

# OF US REPRESENTATIVES: 3

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