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4 days ago · It served as the capital of the Spanish province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México. For many years, it remained under Spanish rule until Mexico gained its independence from Spain in the early 19th century. Following Mexico’s independence, Santa Fe became part of Mexico and remained so until the Mexican-American War in 1848.
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5 days ago · The original capital of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, when it was established in 1598, was San Juan de los Caballeros, but Santa Fe (the city) took over the role in 1610. Santa Fe would continue as the capital city through all of the subsequent iterations of existence: - After the Mexican War of Independence (1810-21), the First Mexican Republic ...
2 days ago · New Mexico, constituent state of the U.S., which became the 47th state of the union in 1912. It ranks fifth among the states in terms of total area and is bounded by Colorado to the north, Oklahoma and Texas to the east, Texas and Mexico to the south, and Arizona to the west. Its capital is Santa Fe.
2 days ago · Mexico City is the capital of Mexico and is synonymous with the country’s Federal District. The term Mexico City can also apply to the capital’s metropolitan area, which includes the Federal District but extends beyond it to the west, north, and east. It is called México in Nahuatl and Ciudad de México in Spanish.
- After Hernán Cortés defeated the Aztecs at their island-capital of Tenochtitlán in 1521, New Spain was created. The capital of New Spain, Mexico Ci...
- Mexico City is one of the most important political, cultural, educational, and financial centres in North America. Mexico City’s leading position c...
- The site where Mexico City was built was once islands in a much larger lake. In the 16th century Spanish colonizers began to drain the lake, causin...
- Mexico is located along a subduction zone, where one slab of Earth’s crust—the Cocos oceanic plate—is sliding under another—the North American cont...
2 days ago · It became an important trading centre on the Chihuahua Trail from Mexico. As a modern-day cultural and political centre, Albuquerque has long played a secondary role to the state capital, Santa Fe, which lies some 60 miles (100 km) to the northeast. Albuquerque is New Mexico’s largest city and its economic capital, however, and it is served ...
5 days ago · In 1610, the first Spanish settlers arrived, naming the region as 'Santa Fe de Nuevo México', a province of New Spain. As more settlements were established, the colonial governor ordered that the original settlement be renamed as 'La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís' ('The Royal Town of the Holy Faith of St Francis of Assisi').
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3 days ago · Virgin of Guadalupe and castas, 1. Program of centennial festivities of Mexican independence in September 1910, asserting the historical continuity of Miguel Hidalgo, Benito Juárez "Law," and Porfirio Díaz, "Peace," from 1810 to 1910. The written history of Mexico spans more than three millennia. First populated more than 13,000 years ago, [1 ...
