About New Mexico
New Mexico boasts a unique cultural heritage melding the traditions of the Pueblo, Navajo, and Apache, Spanish settlers, and later immigrants from Anglo America. The United States acquired most of the territory in 1848 at the conclusion of the Mexican-American War and the remainder by the 1853 Gadsden Purchase, but New Mexico was admitted only in 1912, the 48th state.
Services, particularly tourism-related, comprise the largest segment of the economy, although ranching and mining are significant. Carlsbad Caverns and the Gila Cliff Dwellings, the White Sands, desert ranches, and ski resorts are popular destinations. Not available for tourism is the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the facility at which the United States designs its nuclear weapons. The largest city is Albuquerque, approximately 60 miles southwest of Santa Fe, the capital.
About Albuquerque
Albuquerque is a great place to live and to work. The people are friendly and the lifestyle is relaxing. The city is rich in culture and history, with museums, many galleries, team sports including the Albuquerque Isotopes! Our location is ideal as it is central to New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Texas offering many vacation spots within just a day’s drive. The Sandia mountains that border the east of Albuquerque offer skiing, hiking, and a variety of other outdoor activities. The weather here in Albuquerque is ideal as we have four distinct seasons, including a mild winter that offers some snowfall, stunning colors and beauty in spring and fall, and summers that offer unlimited pleasant sunshine.
More information about Albuquerque can be found on the City of Albuquerque website.
Albuquerque Public Schools
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