New Mexico is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States, one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado and Arizona. Admitted to the Union in 1912 as the 47th state, its capital is Santa Fe. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Population2025 estimate from New Mexico's own Wikipedia infobox. Population Estimate Year Area (sq km) Admission YearAdmitted to the Union January 6, 1912 (47th state), per the infobox. Connections
Adjacent To
Source Arizona (Wikipedia)
Source Colorado (Wikipedia)
Source New Mexico (Wikipedia)
Source New Mexico (Wikipedia)
Associated With
Santa Fe, Cities Santa Fe is in the U.S. state of New Mexico.
Source Santa Fe (Wikipedia)
United States, Countries New Mexico is a state of the United States.
Source New Mexico (Wikipedia)
Has Capital
Santa Fe, Cities Santa Fe is the capital of New Mexico.
Source Santa Fe (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. New Mexico (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, capital
Capital Santa Fe
Infobox, population
Population (2025) Total 2,125,498
Infobox, area
Area Total 314,915 km2
Infobox, admitted to the union
Admitted to the Union January 6, 1912 (47th)
Page header, coordinates
wgCoordinates lat 34, lon -106
Introduction
New Mexico is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona.
Adjacent To: Oklahoma, Lead section, borders Oklahoma
It also borders the state of Texas to the east and southeast, Oklahoma to the northeast, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora to the south.
Adjacent To: Texas, Lead section, borders Texas
It also borders the state of Texas to the east and southeast, Oklahoma to the northeast, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora to the south.
View the Source Arizona (Wikipedia)
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sharing the Four Corners region with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the northwest and California to the west, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest.
Colorado (Wikipedia)
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It is part of the Southwestern United States, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, and Oklahoma to the southeast.
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