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Hidalgo County is the southernmost county in New Mexico.
New Mexico is the most southern state in which the continental divide is located
Through the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) most of New Mexico was taken from Mexico. Later, during the Gadsden Purchase (1853) Mexico sold the southern part of New Mexico.
Bluff is the southernmost mainland town in New Zealand, but the town of Oban on Stewart Island is further south.
CHAMA, NEW MEXICO
Both the US state and the country border each other.
It is on southern New Mexico (the US state), but it is located on northern Mexico (the country).
Most of present-day Mexico and the southern regions of Arizona and New Mexico, which were later acquired by the US on the Gadsden Purchase.
Las Cruces, which is in the southern part of New Mexico.
Mexico was forced to cede all its northern territories to the United States, including most of New Mexico, after losing the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). In 1853 Mexico sold southern Arizona and New Mexico to the US as part of the Gadsden Purchase.
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Taos is the only New Mexico town with four letters. Cuba, Dora and Hope are villages in New Mexico.