Module5TheFirstAmericansSantaFe,thecapitalofNewMexico,USA,isinthecentralpartofthestate,ontheSantaFeRiver,whichflowsintotheRioGrande35kilometerswestofthecity
Morethantwothousandmetersabovesealevel,itliesintheSangredeCristoMountainswiththeOrtizMountainstothesoutheast
SantaFewasfoundedin1609bytheSpanish(西班牙人).In1680theIndiansseizedtheplacebutonlyhelditfortwelveyearsbeforetheSpanishretookit
ThecityremainedunderSpanishruleuntilMexicowonitsindependence(独立)in1821
FromthenonitwasaMexicancityuntil1846whenitwastakenoverbyAmericantroops
Withapopulationof48,953,SantaFeisnowthesecondlargestcityinthestate
Becauseofitssunnyweather,richhistoryandsurroundingmountains,itisagoodplaceforholidaymakers
BesideshuntingandskatinginthemountainspeopleenjoyshoppingintheIndianandSpanishshops,whichbringsalargeincometot