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Record 1 2013-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
DEF

A southwestern state of U.S.A., bounded on north by Colorado, on east by Oklahoma and Texas, on south by Texas and the Mexican state of Chihuahua, on west by Arizona.

OBS

The State of New Mexico became the 47th state of the United States of America in 1912.

OBS

N.M.: Where a name has several elements, each abbreviated by a single letter followed by a period, the elements of the abbreviation are not separated by a space.

OBS

N. Mex.: Were a name has several elements, if more than one letter is kept in the abbreviation of one element, the abbreviated units are separated by a space.

OBS

Nicknames: Land of Enchantment; Sunshine State.

OBS

Sunshine State: The commonly used nickname for Florida even if also a nickname for New Mexico.

OBS

Capital: Santa Fé. Chief city: Alburquerque.

OBS

NM: The ISO two-letter code to be used only as post symbol in addresses or for data in rows or columns where the number of characters is restricted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

État du Sud-Ouest des États-Unis.

OBS

Occupée une première fois au XVIe siècle par les Espagnols, qui y fondent Santa Fé en 1610, la région est conquise une nouvelle fois à la suite de la révolte des Indiens Pueblos, qui en a chassé les premiers colons (1680). Après la guerre mexicaine (1846-1848), le traité de Guadalupe Hidalgo (2 février 1848) cède le Nouveau-Mexique (avec l’Arizona et le Colorado) aux États-Unis. Le territoire du Nouveau-Mexique, créé en 1850, se trouve amputé de l’Arizona en 1863 et devient État en 1912.

OBS

L’État du Nouveau-Mexique est devenu le 47e État des États-Unis d’Amérique en 1912.

OBS

N.-M. : En français, le trait d’union est maintenu dans l'abréviation.

OBS

Capitale : Santa Fé.

OBS

NM : Code ISO à deux lettres à n’utiliser que comme indicatif de la poste pour l’adressage ou dans les tableaux où les données figurent en colonnes et dans un nombre limité de caractères.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
OBS

Nuevo México: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda emplear, si lo hay, el nombre tradicional en español de los estados federados de Estados Unidos.

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Record 2 1985-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
OBS

N.-M. ST-L. 6-74

Spanish

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