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ACorania t1_j8flp1l wrote

Reply to comment by ILLRATEDATBUTT in [OC] New Mexico Now Produces More Oil Than Mexico & Venezuela by latinometrics

Fun fact: New Mexico is older than the country of Mexico. They were both named after a valley of Mexico down were present day Mexico City is.

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taladrovw t1_j8fw90p wrote

The name is older, not the state itslef

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Bmw-invader t1_j8hdh46 wrote

Ehhh it was named New Mexico when it was literally still part of “old” Mexico (new Spain). It’s not like the American state of New Mexico is older that the country of Mexico. It wasn’t even part of the US yet when it was named.

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waiver t1_j8i788u wrote

The Kingdom of Mexico is older than the province of New Mexico, the country Mexico is older than the state of New Mexico.

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pierced_mirror t1_jabt0ig wrote

Valley of Mexico was so named because of the City State of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. In the colonial period former Aztec empire lands became the Kingdom of Mexico which fell under the Viceroy. It's poor history to say that Mexico is an invention of the 19th century or that New Mexico is older than Mexico.

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