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Interesting Facts About New Mexico
 New Mexico provides several attractive tourist destinations to the people come to this place. It has various historical places along with some of the most beautiful parks. More..
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Facts About New Mexico
New Mexico is known worldwide for its rich heritage and culture. It not only attracts several thousand tourists each year, but also residents who shift here from different states. It is considered to be among the top-ten best places to live in the U.S. |
Following are certain interesting facts about this state:
- Its capital city, Santa Fe, located at over 7,000 ft. above the sea level, is highest in the U.S.
- The international balloon fiesta held annually in October at one among the largest New Mexico cities, Albuquerque, is the largest of its kinds in the whole world.
- Similarly, ‘Whole Enchilada Fiesta’, made by Las Cruces in October, is also the largest in the entire world.
- The state has the least water: land ratio, with rivers and lakes comprising just 0.002 percent of the total land area. Majority of lakes that you see here are reservoirs or dams made by men.
- The world’s 1st atom bomb was manufactured and designed in Los Alamos and tested on a testing range located near Alamogordo.
- New Mexico’s famous tourist attraction, the desert in the White Sand National Monument is entirely made of gypsum crystals.
- The state is one among the 4 corner states of the U.S. and borders at same point along with Utah, Arizona, and Colorado.
- The state flower, Yucca, is so unique that its leaves are commonly used for making baskets, ropes, and even sandals.
- Almost a quarter of the whole state is covered by forests. It is home to world’s largest Gila National Forest and six other national forests.
There are thousands of other facts about New Mexico and the aforementioned ones are just to give a glimpse of the uniqueness of this state.
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