Santa Fe, New Mexico
The name of the city of Santa Fe means ‘Holy Faith’ in Spanish, and the city’s full name as founded remains La Villa Real de la SantaFe de San Francisco de Asís. The standard Spanish pronunciation of the name is SAHN-tah-FAY, as contextualized within the city’s full Spanish name La Villareal de the Santa Fé. The city is home to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, as is a gallery by cartoonist Chuck Jones, along with newer art collectives such as Meow Wolf.
About Santa Fe, New Mexico in brief
Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is considered one of the world’s great art cities, due to its many art galleries and installations. The area surrounding Santa Fe was occupied for at least several thousand years by indigenous peoples. In 1610, Juan de Oñate established the area as Santa Fe de Nuevo México–a province of New Spain. The name of the city of Santa Fe means ‘Holy Faith’ in Spanish, and the city’s full name as founded remains La Villa Real de la SantaFe de San Francisco de Asís. The standard Spanish pronunciation of the name is SAHN-tah-FAY, as contextualized within the city’s full Spanish name La Villareal de the Santa Fé. However, an English pronunciation of SAN-tuh-Fay is also commonly used. The city is home to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, as is a gallery by cartoonist Chuck Jones, along with newer art collectives such as Meow Wolf. The Santa Fe River was recognized as the most endangered river in the United States as of 2007, according to the conservation group American Rivers. The Tanoans and other Pueblo peoples settled along the SantaFe River for its water and transportation. The river had a year-round flow until the 1700s. By the 20th century the Santa Fe river was a seasonal waterway. Santa Fe Plaza and the Palace of the Governors are among city’s cultural highlights, as well as distinct New Mexican cuisine restaurants and New Mexico music performances.
It was known by the Tewa inhabitants as Ogha Po’oge and by the Navajo people as Yootó. The first European effort to colonize the region in 1598, led the first European efforts to establish Santa Fe as a city. The Spanish governor Don Pedro de Peralta, however, founded a new city at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in 1607, which he called the Royal Town of Holy Francis Francis of Assisi of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of San Francisco of Asís, the Holy Francis Town of San Francis de San Francisco. The modern city was founded in 1610 and is the oldest state capital in New Mexico, after it replaced Española as capital, which makes it the oldestState capital in the US. With an elevation of 7,199 feet, it is also the state capital with the highest elevation. It has a population of 84,683 in 2019, and its metropolitan area is part of the larger Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Las Vegas combined statistical area which features aPopulation of 1,178,664 as of the 2018 Census Bureau estimate. It’s the fourth-largest city in the state, with a population in the county seat of Santa Fe County, and it is the county seat of Santa Fe County, which is in Santa Fe County.
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