Text on New Mexico State Coffee Mug:
New Mexico, one of the Mountain states, located
in the southwestern United States. A land of plains, plateaus,
and mountains, New Mexico is famed for the great variety and
magnificent colors of its scenery. Much of the land is used for
livestock grazing. Manufacturing and other urban-based economic
activities are carried on in only a few cities. Tourists,
attracted not only by the scenic beauty of New Mexico’s deserts
and mountains but also by the rich Native American and Spanish
cultures that distinguish the state, have become an important
part of the state’s economy.
The state’s small population is composed of Native Americans,
people of Spanish descent, whose ancestors entered what is now
New Mexico in the 16th century, and the so-called
Anglo-Americans. Together these groups constitute a
multicultural society unlike that of any other state.
The region north of Mexico was named Nuevo Mexico
by a Spanish explorer in the 1560s. The name was translated and
applied to the United States territory organized in 1850 and
later to the state when it became the 47th member of the Union
on January 6, 1912. New Mexico is called the Land of
Enchantment. Santa Fe is the capital of New Mexico. Albuquerque
is the largest city.
