What is Carlsbad, New Mexico?
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Carlsbad, New Mexico |settlement_type = City |nicknames = The Cavern City<br />The Pearl on the Pecos |image_skyline = Carlsbad NM Infobox.png |imagesize = |image_caption = Eddy County Courthouse<br>Carlsbad Museum and Art Center (l)<br>Carlsbad Library (r)<br>Carlsbad Municipal Building |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = Eddy_County_New_Mexico_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Carlsbad_Highlighted.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location in the state of [[New Mexico]] |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = New Mexico#USA |pushpin_map_caption = Location in New Mexico##Location in the United States |pushpin_relief = yes |subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[List of states and territories of the United States|State]] |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in New Mexico|County]] |subdivision_name = {{US}} |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|New Mexico}} |subdivision_name2 = [[Eddy County, New Mexico|Eddy]] |government_type = [[Mayor-council government]] |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = |leader_title1 = City Council |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = [[New Mexico House of Representatives|State House]] |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = [[New Mexico State Senate|State Senate]] |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House]] |leader_name4 = |established_title = Founded |established_date = 1888 (as Eddy) |established_title2 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]] |established_date2 = 1893 (as Eddy)<br />1899 (as Carlsbad) |area_total_km2 = 81.55 |ar