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New Mexico
The Land of Enchantment
Size: The 5th largest state, 121,666 sq mi (315,113 sq km.)
Statehood: the 47th State. Admitted Jan. 6, 1912
Motto: "Crescit Eundo (It Grows As It Goes)
State Bird: Roadrunner (Chaparral)
State Flower: Yucca
State Tree: Pinon
State Capital: Santa Fe
State Fish: Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout
State Animal: Black Bear
State Grass: Blue Grama
State Vegetables: Chile, frijoles (pinto beans)
State Gem: Turquoise
State Fossil: Coelophysis
State Cookie: Biscochito
State Songs: "O, Fair New Mexico" and "Asi Es Nuevo Mexico"
State Ballad: "Land of Enchantment"
State Poem: "A Nuevo Mexico"
Highest Point: 13,160 feet, Wheeler Peak
Lowest Point: 2,817 feet, Red Bluff Lake
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