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The state of New Mexico


FACTS ABOUT THE "FIVE-O-FIVE" Y "FIVE-7-FIVE"

------BASIC INFORMATION------
LARGEST CITY: Albuquerque, New Mexico
STATE CAPITAL: Santa Fe, New Mexico
HIGHEST POINT: Wheeler Peak (13,161 ft)
STATE SINCE: January 6th, 1912
STATE NICKNAME: "Land of Enchantment"
STATE FLOWER: Yucca
STATE BIRD: Roadrunner
STATE MAMMAL: Black Bear
STATE VEGETABLE: Chile
STATE GEM: Turquoise
STATE COOKIE: Bizcochito


-----SPORTS IN NEW MEXICO------

-Albuquerque Isotopes (baseball)
-Albuquerque Thunderbirds (basketball)
-New Mexico Scorpions (ice hockey)
-New Mexico Wildcats (indoor football)

The state universities field teams:
-University of New Mexico Lobos
-New Mexico State Aggies.

------MAJOR UNIVERSITIES------
1) University of New Mexico; Albuquerque Main. Branches in: Valencia Co, Taos, Los Alamos, and Gallup

2) New Mexico State University; Las Cruces Main. Branches in: Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Grants, and Dona Ana

3) Eastern New Mexico University; Portales Main. Branches in: Roswell, Ruidoso

4) Western New Mexico University; Silver City Main.

5) New Mexico Tech; Socorro Main.

6) New Mexico Highlands University; Las Vegas Main. Branches in: Farmington, Rio Rancho, Espanola, Santa Fe, and Roswell.

7) College of Santa Fe; Santa Fe Main.

8) College of the Southwest; Hobbs Main. Branches in: Carlsbad and Ruidoso (ENMU)

9) Clovis Community College; Clovis Main.

10) San Juan College; Farmington Main. Branches in: Aztec

11) Santa Fe Community College; Santa Fe Main.

12) Central New Mexico Community College; Albuquerque Main. Branches in Belen and Rio Rancho

13) National American University; Albuquerque & Rio Rancho Branches.

14) ITT Tech; Albuquerque Branch.

15) Northern New Mexico Community College; Espanola Main.



------CITIES OF NEW MEXICO------
-Albuquerque (518,271)
-Rio Rancho (83,282)
-Las Cruces (86,268)
-Santa Fe (72,056)
-Farmington (43,573)
-Roswell (45,582)
-Clovis (42,314)
-Carlsbad (25,410)
-Gallup (19,301)
-Espanola (13,213)
-Alamogordo (36,069)
-Los Lunas (11,803)
-Belen (7,142)
-Silver City (9,992)
-Ruidoso (9,359)
-Los Alamos (11,909)
-Las Vegas (13,889)
-Socorro (8,604)
-Truth or Consequences (6,915)
-Artesia (10,597)
-Hobbs (29,292)
-Deming (15,296)
-Taos (5,193)
-Lovington (9,693)
-Raton (6,781)
-Corrales (7,893)
-Portales (11,308)
-Note: Census estimates as of 2007


-------POLITICS IN NEW MEXICO--------
Governor: Bill Richardson (D)
Lieutenant Governor: Diane Denish (D)
Secretary of State: Mary Herrera (D)
Attorney General: Gary King (D)

The Democratic Party generally dominates state politics, and as of 2008:
-50% of voters were registered Democrats
-33% of voters were registered Republicans.
-15% of voters did not affiliate with either of the two major parties.

------MALLS OF NEW MEXICO------

Animas Valley Mall: Farmington
Broadmoor Shopping Center & Mall: Hobbs
Coronado Center: Albuquerque
Cottonwood Mall: Albuquerque
Mesilla Valley Mall: Las Cruces
North Plains Mall: Clovis
Rio West Mall: Gallup , New Mexico
Roswell Mall: Roswell
Sierra Mall: Ruidoso
Villa Linda Mall: Santa Fe
White Sands Mall: Alamogordo
Winrock Center: Albuquerque


------ODD FACTS ABOUT NEW MEXICO------
-Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge was born here. Highland (The town Beavis and Butthead takes place in) is derived from an area of Albuquerque.

-Mayor Martin Chaves of Albuquerque asked the TV Show "Cops" to no longer film in Albuquerque because it deplayed the city's image.

-Weird Al Yankovic wrote a song about Albuquerque for his 1999 album "Running with Scissors." Yankovic mocked the city and risked lawsuit.

-The Simpsons episode "Hungry Hungry Homer" introduced the Albuquerque Isotopes team when they were sold out as for the Springfield Baseball Team. The Isotopes team (and park) followed shortly after where you can now go see a baseball game in the heart of Albuquerque's University district.

-Santa Fe is the oldest capital of the United States, when it was occupied by Spain in the 1500s.

-Roswell, New Mexico is home to the International UFO Festival. An acclaimed UFO crash was recorded back in 1947 prompting many to believe that aliens were real and planning an invasion. Roswell cashed out on this and is now known as the Alien Capital of the World.

-The Town of Truth or Consequences got it's name from a Radio Game Show. The town's original name was Hot Springs.

-Lincoln County, New Mexico is home to such legends as Billy the Kid, Smokey the Bear, Geronimo.

-The City of Alamogordo made world-wide attention when in 2001, a church resurrected book burnings. The books that were burned were Harry Potter Books by author J.K. Rowling. The books depicted a young boy who discovers he has magical powers and is taken to a private witch school, with many mishaps along the way.

-Atari, is said to have made a "burial ground" for all of it's old games and consoles in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

-Truth or Consequences...will soon be home to Virgin Galactica. Commercial Space Flights will be taking place in early 2009.


--------SKI/SNOWBOARD RESORTS IN NEW MEXICO--------
(yes it snows here)

-Taos Ski Valley-Taos
-Ski Apache-Ruidoso
-Sandia Ski Resort and Tram-Albuquerque
-Angel Fire Ski Resort-Angel Fire
-Sipapu Ski Resort-Taos
-Red River Ski Resort-Red River
-Enchanted Forest Ski Haven-Red River
-Ski Santa Fe-Santa Fe
-Snow Canyon-Cloudcroft
-Ski Pajarito-Los Alamos

--------AMUSEMENT PARKS IN NEW MEXICO--------

Cliffs Amusement Park: Albuquerque
Hinkle Family Fun Center: Albuquerque
Traxx Family Fun Center: Las Cruces
Go Kart City Inc: Red River
Active Fun Golf Games & Go-Karts: Alamogordo
Funtrackers: Ruidoso