Santa Fe Fast Facts

The history, culture, resources and real estate pages listed on Carol's web site all provide you with valuable information. However, below we've given you a little factoid list that you may want to chew on. Quick facts to feed your brain and give you a little fodder for those times you stand by the water cooler and wanted to impress your coworkers!

• Santa Fe is the capital of New Mexico.
• New Mexico is a state in the United States of America, having joined the U.S. in 1912.
• You do not need a visa or passport to visit Santa Fe—unless you're from a country outside the U.S.
• Santa Fe means "Holy Faith" in Spanish. It is often called "the City Different."
• Santa Fe is located in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, 7,000 feet above sea level, with nearby peaks as high as 12,000 feet.
• Santa Fe has plenty of sunshine, an average of 300 days each year. But it can snow as early as October and as late as May.
• Santa Fe averages 14 inches of rainfall a year and 30-34 inches of snow.
• You can ski from Thanksgiving to Easter.
• Santa Fe is a community where 60,000 people live and work.
• Santa Fe is the second oldest town in the U.S., founded in 1607 by the Spanish, 13 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.
• Indians lived here long before Santa Fe was a town, more than 1,000 years ago.
• Santa Fe has 5,700 hotel and motel rooms, as well as charming bed and breakfast inns.
• Santa Fe has 200 restaurants, 250 art galleries, 50 Indian jewelry shops, 13 major museums, and a world-famous opera.
• Santa Fe is one of the largest art markets in the world.
• You will love visiting Santa Fe.