Santa Fe, New Mexico<\/h3>
Santa Fe (\/\u02ccs\u00e6nt\u0259 \u02c8fe\u026a, \u02c8s\u00e6nt\u0259 fe\u026a\/ SAN-t\u0259 FAY, -\u2060 fay; Spanish:\u00a0[santa\u02c8fe]; Tewa: Ogh\u00e1 P'o'oge; Northern Tiwa: Hulp'\u00f3'ona; Navajo: Yoot\u00f3) is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in New Mexico with a population of 84,683 in 2019,[5] the county seat of Santa Fe County, and its metropolitan area is part of the larger Albuquerque\u2013Santa Fe\u2013Las Vegas combined statistical area which features a population of 1,178,664 as of the 2018 Census Bureau estimate. The city was founded in 1610 as capital of Nuevo M\u00e9xico, after it replaced Espa\u00f1ola as capital, which makes it the oldest state capital in the United States. With an elevation of 7,199 feet (2,194 m), it is also the state capital with the highest elevation.[6]<\/p>
It is considered one of the world's great art cities, due to its many art galleries and installations, and is recognized by UNESCO's Creative Cities Network. Cultural highlights include Santa Fe Plaza and the Palace of the Governors, and the Fiesta de Santa Fe, as well as distinct New Mexican cuisine restaurants and New Mexico music performances. Among the numerous art galleries and installations are, for example, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is located in the city, as is a gallery by cartoonist Chuck Jones, along with newer art collectives such as Meow Wolf.\n<\/p>
The area surrounding Santa Fe was occupied for at least several thousand years by indigenous peoples who built villages several hundred years ago on the current site of the city. It was known by the Tewa inhabitants as Ogha Po'oge (\"White Shell Water Place\").[7] The name of the city of Santa Fe means \"holy faith\" in Spanish, and the city's full name as founded remains La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de As\u00eds (\"The Royal Town of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi\").[8][9]<\/p>
Before European colonization of the Americas, the area Santa Fe occupied between 900 CE and the 1500s was known to the Tewa peoples as Ogh\u00e1 P'o'oge (\"White Shell Water Place\") and by the Navajo people as Yoot\u00f3 ('Bead' 'Water Place').[10][11] In 1610, Juan de O\u00f1ate established the area as Santa Fe de Nuevo M\u00e9xico\u2013a province of New Spain.[11] Formal Spanish settlements were developed leading the colonial governor Pedro de Peralta to rename the area La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de As\u00eds (the Royal Town of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi).[11] The Spanish phrase \"Santa Fe\" is translated as \"Holy Faith\" in English. Although more commonly known as Santa Fe, the city's full, legal name remains to this day as La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de As\u00eds.[11] The full name of the city is in both the seal and the flag of the city, although, as pointed out by Associated Press in 2020, Assisi in Spanish is misspelled, reading A\u015bis instead of As\u00eds.[12]<\/p><\/div>\n