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New Mexico flag New Mexico's first flag, adopted on March 19, 1915, was one of the few state flags to incorporate the U.S. flag in its design. Another distinctive flag was adopted on March 15, 1925. It features a sun symbol created by the people of the Zia Pueblo. It represents the state's perennial sunshine and pays tribute to the Zia. Red and yellow are the colors of Spain, which once ruled the area.

New Mexico

state, United States
Also known as: Land of Enchantment
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Warren A. Beck
Professor of History, California State University, Fullerton. Author of New Mexico: A History of Four Centuries; coauthor of An Historical Atlas of New Mexico.
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New Mexico, constituent state of the United States of America. It became the 47th state of the union in 1912. New Mexico ranks fifth among the 50 U.S. states in terms of total area and is bounded by Colorado to the north, Oklahoma and Texas to the east, Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora to the south, and Arizona (which was part of the Territory of New Mexico from 1850 to 1863)...

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