Summer States No. 47 - New Mexico

     Hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of Nations Made Fun! I'll be your host, Mr. Nations, your tour guide to international history! Today we'll be taking a look at the twelfth state to be admitted into the United States, North Carolina! Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get straight into it!

     New Mexico Facts:

• Date of Statehood: January 6, 1912
• Capital: Santa Fe
• Population: 2,059,179 (2010)
• Size: 121,590 square miles
• Motto: Crescit Eundo (“It Grows as it Goes”)
• Tree: Piñon Pine
• Flower: Yucca
• Bird: Greater Roadrunner

     Fun Facts:

• Constructed in 1610, the Palace of Governors in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is the oldest seat of government in the United States.
• On July 16th, 1945 in Trinity, New Mexico, the first atomic bomb was tested.
• 1 of 4 people in New Mexico work for the federal government.

     New Mexico on a map:

      

     Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-mexico

     https://www.50states.com/facts/new-mexico.htm