1. Alessandro Frau

2.  State’s area  121,665 square miles  Landscape  wide rose-colored deserts  Broken mesas to high  snow-capped peaks  heavily forested mountain wildernesses towards the north  Rivers  Rio Grande  Pecos  Canadian  San Juan  Gila

3.  East  Oklahoma  Texas  South  Texas  Mexican state of Sonora  Mexican state of Chihuaha  West  Arizona  North  Colorado

4.  The climate of New Mexico is highly arid

5.  First habitated by native Americans.  Discovered by Fray Marcos de Niza.  1598 was founded the San Juan de los Caballeros colony.  Was a part of New Spain.

6.  Population  1,984,356.  7.2% under 5 years old.  28% under 18 years old.  11.7% 65 or older.  Females make up approximately 50.8% of the population.

7.  Albuquerque (518,271)  Las Cruces (89,722)  Rio Rancho (75,978)  Santa Fe (73,199)  Roswell (45,569)

8.  White, 1,663,821 (84.46%)  874,688 (44.40%) Hispanics  Black, 56,083 (2.85%)  American Indian or Alaskan Native, 186,256 (9.46%)  Asian, 27,722 (1.41%)  Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 2,787 (0.14%)

9.  28.76% of the population speak Spanish at home  4.07% speak Navajo  New Mexico have Spanish as an official language alongside English

10.  Roman-Catholic (26%)  Evangelical Christian denominations (25%)  Unaffiliated (21%)  Mainline Protestant (15%)  Other affiliations (12%)

11.  Oil and Gas  Tourism  $31,474 per capita personal income (rank 43 rd in the nation)  Poverty level 18%  The state hosts three air force bases

12.  Governor Bill Richardson  Democrat government  Liberal

13.  New Mexico is a multicultural state.  There are just 2 million people in New Mexico.  Most of them are Hispanics.  Was a part of Spain.  There is no racism like in other states.