What is Santa Fe de Nuevo México?
[[File:Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico in Mexico (1824).svg|thumb|Santa Fe de Nuevo México, when it was a part of Mexico between 1824 and 1846]] '''Santa Fe de Nuevo México''' (shortened to ''Nuevo México'' and translated into English as ''New Mexico'') was a part of [[New Spain]] from 1598 until 1824 and a territory of [[Mexico]] from 1598 until 1846. Then it was occupied by the [[United States of America]] during the [[Mexican–American War]] in 1846. In 1848, after the war ended, it officially became part of the United States with the [[Mexican Cession]] that was agreed in the [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]]. First it was the [[New Mexico Territory]]. Now it is the U.S. state of [[New Mexico]]. {{Regions of North America}} {{New Mexico}} [[Category:History of New Mexico]] [[Category:1590s establishments]] [[Category:1848 disestablishments]] [[Category:Spanish Empire]] [[Category:Former colonies in North America]] {{US-geo-stub}}