NEW MEXICO
This is the flag of New Mexico, it has a yellow background with a red cross
This is the shield, which has an imperial eagle
New Mexico is a state in southwestern United States
The most important cities are: Las Cruces, Alburquerque
Las Vegas and Clovis
Santa Fe is the capital of New
Mexico
It has got
70.600
habitants
It has a very varied terrain, mountains, deserts and Great plains
GEOGRAPHY
Organ mountains
Sangre de Cristo mountains
Apache forest
Grande river divides the state from north to south
In New Mexico there are many hot springs
CLIMATE
New Mexico's climate is arid, dry and cold in winter. There is little precipitation, snow at higher altitudes, the
summer storms are frequent.
The summer is the rainy season. It’s characterized by clean air and a clear sky
The economic resources of the country are livestock, oil and minerals and to a lesser extent tourism
TOM UDALL
• He is the senator of 2008, it’s democratic.
BILL RICHARDSON
Is the governor. In 2007 announced his candidacy for
president of the United States.
• In the stiff cone pine, blue spruce and pine inhabit sub-alpine great horned rams Maroons, moose, mountain goats, marmots, birds and small rodents.
FAUNA
It has been identified over 6,000 plant species throughout the state, characteristics of plants from desert to alpine vegetation
FLORA
MUSEUMS
The museum on the rattle snake, on the Turquoise Museum, the National Atomic Museum
Museum of Natural History & Science
Ranch of the swallows
Recalls the life of the era of Spanish colonization in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
THE MUSEUM OF TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE
Recognizes farmers and cowboys in New Mexico.
FORT SELDEN
In this ancient town where General Douglas MacArthur lived during his youth and it was where they stayed in
the Buffalo Soldiers.
Visitors still come to New Mexico to see real cowboys, the Spanish colonizers introduced the so-called Western Way of Life
Top Related