New Mexico grows:

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Agriculture

• New Mexico grows
• livestock products
• sheep
• cotton
• pecans
• sorghum
• corn
• peanuts
• beans
• onions
• chilies
• lettuce

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State Bird

• The State Bird is the Roadrunner, or the
  Chaparral Cock as the locals call it.

• Its about 24 inches tall, with yellow eyes

• This was voted on at the legislation of 1949

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Capital
This was the first capitol building in 1610.
This was the capitol building for three
centauries.
This is todays capitol building. It was
dedicated in 1966, and had serious renovations in
1992.
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Demographics
66.6 o New Mexicans were white

• In 2000,
• 66.6 of New Mexicans were white
• 9.5 were Indians
• 44.7 were Hispanic
• 1.9 were African American

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Entertainment

• Visit the Roswell Symphony Orchestra
• Or
• Visit the Ballet Theater of New Mexico in Santa
  Fe in Santa Fe
• Why not go to the Santa Fe Playhouse?
• This is the oldest running company west of the
  Mississippi!

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State Flag

• Reba Mera designed this flag in 1920
• This star in the middle is from the Zia Pueblo
  Indians
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• Each point represent a stage of life
• Childhood
• Youth
• Adulthood
• Old age
• Red and Yellow were the colors used by Isabel of
  Castilla in the New World

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Government

• The capitol of New Mexico is Santa Fe
• New Mexicos government is Bill Richardson
• Its senators are Jeff Bingaman and Pete V.
  Domenici.
• New Mexicos present Constitution was adopted in
  1911

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History

• Some interesting historical facts about New
  Mexico are
• The Folsom Paleo-Indians were the first to live
  in New Mexico.
• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado discovered it
  between 1540 and 1542.
• 1912 New Mexico became the 47th state.
• Navajo and other Indians used their native
  languages to help confuse the Japanese.

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Industry

• New Mexico is the United States leader of
  industry in uranium and potassium salts.
• New Mexico also has industry in
• Petroleum
• natural gas
• Copper
• Gold
• Silver
• Zinc
• Lead
• Molybdenum

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Jobs

• In 1990, there were over 345,000 people employed
  in New Mexico over 16.
• There were over 54,000 unemployed people in New
  Mexico
• Most people jobs were in
• Retail Trade (116,210 people)
• Education (64,577)
• Executive or management services (71,414)

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Kinds of Food

• New Mexico has a rich culture of food from the
  Native Americans and Mexicans.
• The tortilla, pinto bean, cheese and chili are
  the four main ingredients used in cooking in New
  Mexico

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Landmarks

• Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico
  houses ruins from the 1100s
• Visit the Petroglyph National Monument near
  Albuquerque.
• This has paintings from over 12,000 years ago.
• Visit Carlsbad Caverns, which has the nations
  deepest limestone cave.

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State Mammel

• The state animal is the black bear.

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Native Americans

• New Mexico has several Native American Tribes
  including the
• Pueblo Indians- they live in seven counties of
  New Mexico and have three main different
  languages.
• Apache Indians- they have 3000 tribal members and
  have a huge tourist impact on New Mexico with
  their huge hotel and the largest ski site in New
  Mexico.
• The Navajo Indians- Three bands of Navajo Indians
  are in New Mexico. The Alamo, Canoncito, and the
  Ramah Bands

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Origin of New Mexico

• New Mexico was originally Pueblo territory until
  the Spanish came in the 1500s
• In 1824, New Mexico was part of Mexico when they
  separated from Spain.
• In 1848, The US received part New Mexico from the
  Mexican War.
• In 1853, the Gadsden Purchase bought the rest of
  New Mexico

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Population

• The Population of New Mexico is up by 20.1 from
  1990
• In 2000 the population was 1,819,046