To a certain degree New Mexico's Indian Reservations function as states within a state where tribal law may supersede state law.
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New Mexico's State Constitution officially states that New Mexico is a bilingual State, and 1 out of 3 families in New Mexico speak Spanish at home.
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The world's first Atomic Bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945 on the White Sands Testing Range near Alamogordo, New Mexico. North of the impact point a small placard marks the area known as Trinity Site. The bomb was designed and manufactured in Los Alamos.