Nuevo México

"Nuevo México (pronunciado /'nweo 'mexiko/ en español que equivale a Nuevo México y en inglés, New Mexico) es un estado del suroeste de los Estados Unidos de América. Limita al norte con el estado de Colorado, al noreste con el estado de Oklahoma, al este y sureste con el estado de Texas, al suroeste con los estados de Chihuahua y Sonora (México), al oeste con el estado de Arizona y al noroeste con el estado de Utah, siendo uno de los llamados "Estados de las Cuatro Esquinas". Habitado durante siglos por nativos americanos, tras la llegada de los europeos ha formado parte del Virreinato de Nueva España, México y Estados Unidos. Nuevo México no fue miembro de pleno derecho de la Unión hasta 1912, año de su declaración como estado y de la aprobación de su constitución, peculiar debido al respeto que ofrece hacia las lenguas de sus habitantes nativos y al sistema educativo. Los elementos de su historia y su geografía hacen que este estado sea hoy una mezcla diferente al resto de los Estados Unidos. El paisaje y el clima, la arquitectura tradicional (ahora revalorizada) del adobe, las tradiciones familiares, la cocina y otras manifestaciones culturales, han atraído a lo largo de las últimas décadas a artistas, escritores, intelectuales y hippies que han ido aportando aún más a este estado rico en cultura e historia; pero no en vano, es también uno de los estados más pobres del país con una emigración interna mayoritaria hacia los estados de California y Texas[cita requerida]."

"New Mexico (Spanish: Nuevo México [nweo mexiko]; Navajo: Yootó Hahoodzo [jò:txó hàhò:tsò]) is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America. It was admitted to the union as the 47th state on January 6, 1912. It is usually considered one of the Mountain States. New Mexico is fifth by area, the 36th-most populous, and the sixth-least densely populated of the 50 United States. Inhabited by indigenous peoples for thousands of years before European exploration, New Mexico was claimed in the colonial era as part of the Imperial Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain. Later, it was part of independent Mexico before becoming a U.S. territory and eventually a U.S. state. Among U.S. states, New Mexico has the highest percentage of Hispanics, including descendants of Spanish colonists who have lived in the area for more than 400 years. It has the second-highest percentage of Native Americans as a proportion of the population after Alaska, and the fourth-highest total number of Native Americans after California, Oklahoma, and Arizona. The major Native American nations in the state are Navajo, Pueblo, and Apache peoples. The demography and culture of the state are shaped by these strong Hispanic and Native American influences and expressed in the state flag. Its scarlet and gold colors are taken from the royal standards of Spain, along with the ancient sun symbol of the Zia, a Pueblo-related tribe. New Mexico, or Nuevo México in Spanish, is often incorrectly believed to have taken its name from the nation of Mexico. However, Spanish explorers recorded this region as New Mexico in 1563, and again in 1581. They believed it contained wealthy Indian cultures similar to those of the Aztec Empire, and the names of both regions derive from its dominant people, the Mexica. Mexico, formerly a part of New Spain, adopted its name centuries later in 1821, after winning independence from Spanish rule. New Mexico was a part of the independent Mexican Empire and Federal Republic of Mexico for 27 years, 1821 through 1848. During the colonial period, the two had developed as neighboring Spanish-speaking communities under Spanish rule and with relatively independent histories."