Constitution of New Mexico (2025 publisher edition) — ARTICLE I

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ARTICLE I

ARTICLE I Name and Boundaries The name of this state is New Mexico, and its boundaries are as follows: Beginning at the point where the thirty- seventh parallel of north latitude intersects the one hundred and third meridian west from Greenwich; thence along said one hundred and third meridian to the thirty- second parallel of north latitude; thence along said thirty-second parallel to the Rio

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2© 2025 State of New Mexico. New Mexico Compilation Commission. All rights reserved. Article II – Bill of Rights Grande, also known as the Rio Bravo del Norte, as it existed on the ninth day of Sep- tember, one thousand eight hundred and fifty; thence, following the main channel of said river, as it existed on the ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, to the parallel of thirty-one degrees forty- seven minutes north latitude; thence west one hundred miles to a point; thence south to the parallel of thirty-one degrees twenty minutes north latitude; thence along said parallel of thirty-one degrees twenty minutes, to the thirty-second meridian of longitude west from Washington; thence along said thirty-second meridian to the thirty- seventh parallel of north latitude; thence along said thirty-seventh parallel to the point of beginning.