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Location of the
state of New Mexico
in the United States
A New Mexico
state quarter
This is a
list of the officially designated symbols of the U.S.
state of New Mexico
. Most such designations are found in
§
12.3 of the New Mexico Statutes.
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The majority of the items in the list are officially recognized after a law is passed by the
state legislature
. New Mexico is the first state to adopt a
state question
: "Red or green?," referring to
chile peppers
. The state also has a prescribed answer: "Red and green" or "Christmas," encouraging the use of both colors of chile.
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Crescit eundo
was added to the territorial seal in 1882. This change was officially adopted by the legislature in 1887.
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"Land of Enchantment" was first coined by Lillian Whiting in a book on the state in 1906. The slogan later appeared on
New Mexico license plates
in 1941; a trademark was obtained by the state in 1947. It was not until June 18, 1999, that the phrase was adopted as the official nickname.
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The official state question refers to a question commonly heard at restaurants, where waiters will ask customers "red or green?" in reference to which kind of chili pepper or chile sauce the customers wants served with their meal.
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Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in United States and the oldest
European community
located
west of the Mississippi
. While Santa Fe was inhabited on a very small scale in 1607, it was truly settled by the conquistador
Don Pedro de Peralta
in 1609-1610.
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No species name is listed in state statutes, however the New Mexico Centennial Blue Book from 2012 references the soaptree yucca (
Yucca elata
) as one of the more widespread species in New Mexico.
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The chile's declared
binomial name
Capsicum annum
L. has over 200 variations within the species. Community sentiment has it that the
New Mexico chile (
Capsicum annuum
'New Mexico Group')
is the official chile, including having this chile appear on one of
New Mexico's alternative license plates
beginning in 2017.
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