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We would like to provide the residents of  Santa Fe  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Santa Fe Home page. The Santa Fe Home page provides as much information as possible on Santa Fe. Knowing Santa Fe’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Santa Fe’s Home page, you will also find Santa Fe’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Santa Fe has a population of 95498. 47.5% of Santa Fe’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.5 are female. 40.2% of Santa Fe is married and 63.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $290,464, and the average rent is $1,125. Household median income in Santa Fe is $57,274, and the individual median income is $31,789. Santa Fe’s Ethnic is the following: White(82.2%), Hispanic(54.7%), Multiple(7.3%), Other(5.7%), Native(1.6%), Asian(1.5%), Black(1.4%), Pacific(0.3%).


Santa Fe ( SAN-tə FAY, -⁠ fay; Spanish: [santaˈfe], Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; Tewa: Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; Northern Tiwa: Hulp'ó'ona; Navajo: Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. The name “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 Asís ('The Royal Town of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi').With a population of 87,505 at the 2020 census, it is the fourth-largest city in New Mexico.


It is also the county seat of Santa Fe County. Its metropolitan area is part of the Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Las Vegas combined statistical area, which had a population of 1,162,523 in 2020. Human settlement dates back thousands of years in the region, the placita was founded in 1610 as the capital of Nuevo México.


It replaced the previous capital, San Juan de los Caballeros, near modern Española, at San Gabriel de Yungue-Ouinge, which makes it the oldest state capital in the United States. It is also at the highest altitude of any of the U.S. state capitals, with an elevation of 7,199 feet (2,194 m).Santa Fe is widely considered one of the world's great art cities, due to its many art galleries and installations, and it is recognized by UNESCO's Creative Cities Network.


Its cultural highlights include Santa Fe Plaza, the Palace of the Governors, the Fiesta de Santa Fe, numerous restaurants featuring distinctive New Mexican cuisine, and performances of New Mexico music. Among its many art galleries and installations are the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, a gallery by cartoonist Chuck Jones, and newer art collectives such as Meow Wolf.


The cityscape is known for its adobe-style Pueblo Revival and Territorial Revival architecture.


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