Describe each region in new mexico?

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Describe each region in new mexico?

Answer 1

NORTHWEST REGION

- "Welcome to Indian Country, a place that holds a wealth of Native American culture. Walk in the footsteps of the Anasazi, an ancient people who lived in Chaco Canyon, now a National Historic Park featuring dramatic rock formations. Explore America's largest Indian reservation, the Navajo Nation, as well as the Zuni, Acoma, and Laguna pueblos, and the Jicarilla Apache Nation. ..."

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NORTH-CENTRAL REGION

- "Welcome to a region we call North to Adventure and Central to Everything. Bring your energy and enthusiasm to enjoy endless recreational activities, art, history, and great cuisine. This is the landscape that inspired Georgia O'Keefe's startlingly colorful and shapely paintings. ..."

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NORTHEAST REGION

- "Welcome to the land "where the plains meet the mountains." Visit Capulín Volcano National Monument, an extinct volcanic cone (inactive now for 10,000 years) and you can say you saw the plains of Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. Still visible are the deep wagon-wheel ruts left by those frontiering souls traveling the 175-mile Santa Fe Trail from Missouri to our capital city. ..."

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CENTRAL REGION

- "Come enjoy the "Heart of New Mexico." Nearly smack in the geographic middle is Albuquerque, our largest city and only metropolitan area. Here you can find the Kodak International Balloon Fiesta, Sandia Peak Ski Area and World's Longest Tramway, the Albuquerque Biological Park, numerous museums, art galleries, performance halls, vineyards, and historic Route 66. While the city and the surrounding area has a contemporary, bustling feel, the legends of the past are present and preserved. ..."

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SOUTHWEST REGION

- "Welcome to Old West Country, a region home to many old tales that still get spun to this day. To name a few: Billy the Kid was a kid for a spell in Silver City; the 13th century Mogollón Indians carved cliffside dwellings into the rock of the Gila Mountains (now called Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument); those same mountains later claimed the lives of many legendary frontier men and in 1924 were designated as the first wilderness area in the country; La Mesilla is where Confederate soldiers raised a flag calling it the capital of both New Mexico and Arizona; more gold mining towns than you can count went boom and bust here (check out Mogollón, Kelly, Kingston, and Chloride) and it's said that you can still feel the ghosts of a time past in towns like Shakespeare and Steins. ..."

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SOUTHEAST REGION

- "Welcome to the home of larger-than-life locations and legends. This region is worthy of your whole vacation and can satisfy any appetite. ..."

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