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. New Mexico has been around for more than a quarter of a millennium longer than Mexico. The two places do not share a name because of any connection between them, but rather because both are named after the Valley of Mexico, which was the center of the Aztec culture.

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New Mexico has been around for more than a quarter of a millennium longer than Mexico. The two places do not share a name because of any connection between them, but rather because both are named after the Valley of Mexico, which was the center of the Aztec culture.

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