Discover Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico:
- is the highest state capital in the nation at 7,199 feet above sea level
- is the oldest capital city in the US
- enjoys 300+ days of sunshine each year
- is home to 200+ art galleries, 400+ restaurants, 600+ nonprofit organizations, and 19 sensational museums
- has the second highest per capita population of artists in the nation, and ranks #1 nationally in the number of “writers/authors” and “fine artists, art directors and animators” per capita
- became the first UNESCO Creative City in the US in 2005, and the state of New Mexico boasts the most UNESCO heritage sites in the world
- recently finished #1 for “Sense Of Place” in National Geographic’s World Legacy Awards
- has 10 Sister Cities: Zhangjiajie, China; Holguin, Cuba; Sorrento, Italy; Tsuyama, Japan; San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Parral, Mexico; Icheon, South Korea; Santa Fe de la Vega, Spain; Bukhara, Uzbekistan and Livingstone, Zambia
- is home to:
- emerging media pioneers Woody and Steina Vasulka who have been vital creative forces in the community since 1980
- Meow Wolf, a a new form of storytelling that is one of the largest multimedia installations in the country and rated as one of the top 10 music venues in the US
- CURRENTS NEW MEDIA, the premier media arts festival in the US, running nine years strong
- SITE Santa Fe, which started the first international biennial in the US in 1995 and has been presenting innovative contemporary art ever since
- The Santa Fe Institute, the complexity science capital of the world
- The Santa Fe Opera, a one-of-a-kind venue for internationally renowned opera, routinely cited as one of the top outdoor performance venues in North America
New Mexico:
- is the only official bilingual state in the US
- has more PhDs per capita than any other state
- established the first Meteoritics program in the world
- has the largest professional film crew base between the coasts
- is the only state where aliens have landed and some are rumored to reside
- is home to:
- 23 indigenous nations
- more than 22 million acres of public land
- 15 National Parks and Monuments
- 46 National Historic Landmarks
- 3 World Heritage Sites
- the Green Chile Capital of the World
- Smokey the Bear and his family
- Billy the Kid
- has a film industry that is over 100 years old and has produced more than 600 major productions, more than 200 of those since 2003
- ranks 16th in the nation for solar production with 697 megawatts installed, 173,000 homes powered, and 2,521 jobs in the industry at 100 companies
- largest employers include Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico State University, Intel, and Lockheed Martin
- largest exports are:
- Electronic integrated processors and controllers (23.9%)
- ADP machine parts and accessories (18.4%)
- Radar equipment (3.9%)
- Voice/image transmitting & processing equipment (3.6%)