Santa Fe is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-most populous city in the state with a population of 87,505 as of the 2020 census, while the Santa Fe metropolitan area has an estimated 158,000 people. The greater Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Los Alamos combined statistical area includes eight counties in north-central New Mexico with 1.16 million residents. The county seat of Santa Fe County, Santa Fe is situated at the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at the highest altitude of any U.S. state capital, with an elevation of 6,998 feet. Founded in 1610 as the capital of Nuevo México, a province of New Spain, Santa Fe is the oldest state capital in the United States and the earliest European settlement west of the Mississippi River. Its name, Spanish for "Holy Faith", is the shortened form of its original name, La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís.

Country: United States
State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
Founded: 1610
Founded by: Pedro de Peralta
Named for: St. Francis of Assisi
Mayor: Michael Garcia (D)
U.S. House: Teresa Leger Fernández (D)
City: 87,505
Rank: 4th in New Mexico
Metro: 154,823 (US: 277th)
CSA: 1,162,523
Demonym(s): Santa Fean, Santafesino -na
Time zone: MST (UTC−7)
Summer (DST): MDT (UTC−6)
ZIP Codes: 87501–87509, 87540, 87592, 87594
Area code(s): 505
FIPS code: 35-70500
GNIS feature ID: 936823
Primary airport: Santa Fe Regional Airport, KSAF (Public)
Official Website: https://santafenm.gov
Wikidata description: capital city of the U.S. state of New Mexico and seat of Santa Fe County
Wikidata id: Q38555
Wikidata label: Santa Fe
Wikidata aliases: Array
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