Nuevo México (or, alternatively, Santa Fe de Nuevo México) was a province of New Spain and, after independence, a federally administered territory of Mexico. It was centered on the Rio Grande valley and its capital was Santa Fe. Most of the population of Nuevo México lived in what is now the U.S. state of New Mexico but its borders extended much further into what are now the states of Texas, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah.
In 1609, Pedro de Peralta, a later governor of the Province of NewMexico, established the settlement of Santa Fe at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
NewMexico, the name given to the territory between Texas and California, was to quickly become a state according to the treaty, but the U.S. Senate unilaterally amended that provision during ratification proceedings.
According to the Census Bureau, as of 2004, the population of NewMexico was 1,903,289.
NewMexico is a leading producer of uranium ore, manganese ore, potash, salt, perlite, copper ore, natural gas, beryllium, and tin concentrates.
Use of the land and minerals of NewMexico goes back to the prehistoric time of the early cultures in the Southwest that long preceded the flourishing sedentary civilization of the Pueblos that the Spanish found along the Rio Grande and its tributaries.
NewMexico’s climate, tranquillity, and startling panoramas have made the state a place of winter or year-round residence for those seeking health or a place of retirement.
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