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Santa Fe

capital city of the U.S. state of New Mexico and seat of Santa Fe County
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Summary

Santa Fe is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 0.39% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,844 views/month, #37 of 9,394).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Santa Fe County[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Santa Fe River[6]
  • Head of government: Alan Webber[7]
  • Instance of: county seat[8], tourist city[9]
  • Founder: Pedro de Peralta[10]
  • Flag: flag of Santa Fe[11]
  • Twinned administrative body: Santa Fe[12], Bukhara[13], San Miguel de Allende[14], Tsuyama[15], Sorrento[16], Los Palacios y Villafranca[17], Holguin[18], Zhangjiajie[19], Icheon[20], Livingstone[21], Hidalgo del Parral[22]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Santa Fe[23]
  • Postal code: 87501[24], 87502[25], 87503[26], 87504[27], 87505[28], 87506[29], 87507[30], 87508[31], 87509[32], 87592[33], 87594[34]
  • Commons category: Santa Fe, New Mexico[35]
  • Has seal, badge, or sigil: seal of Santa Fe[36]
  • Located in time zone: Mountain Time Zone[37]
  • Local dialing code: 505[38]
  • Has part(s): Hopewell-Mann[39], Midtown Santa Fe[40]
  • Inception: 1610[41]
  • Authority: City of Santa Fe[42]
  • Official website: https://santafenm.gov[43]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Santa Fe, New Mexico[44]
  • Commons gallery: Santa Fe, New Mexico[45]
  • Population: 67,947[46], 71,831[47], 87,505[48]
  • Office held by head of government: Alcalde-Mayor of Santa Fe[49]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[50], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[51]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Santa Fe include Hyundai Santa Fe[52], an automobile model[53]; BNSF Railway[54], a railway company[55], in United States[56], founded in 1995[57], headquartered in Fort Worth[58]; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway[59], a railway company[60], in United States[61], founded in 1895[62], headquartered in Chicago[63]; USS Santa Fe[64], an attack submarine[65]; Santa Fe County[66], a county of New Mexico[67], in United States[68], founded in 1852[69]; Santa Fe Regional Airport[70], an airport[71], in United States[72], founded in 1941[73]; Eldorado at it[74], a census-designated place in the United States[75], in United States[76]; and The Santa Fe New Mexican[77], a newspaper[78], in United States[79], founded in 1849[80].

Why It Matters

Santa Fe has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[81] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[82]

Entities named for it include Hyundai Santa Fe[52], an automobile model[53]; BNSF Railway[54], a railway company[55], in United States[56], founded in 1995[57], headquartered in Fort Worth[58]; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway[59], a railway company[60], in United States[61], founded in 1895[62], headquartered in Chicago[63]; USS Santa Fe[64], an attack submarine[65]; Santa Fe County[66], a county of New Mexico[67], in United States[68], founded in 1852[69]; and Santa Fe Regional Airport[70], an airport[71], in United States[72], founded in 1941[73].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  45. [47] ↑ . legacy.sistercities.org. Retrieved . legacy.sistercities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [81] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [82] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → Mountain Time Zone
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||bs, vo, es, hu, br, da, th, en, nb, ast, en-ca, en-gb, sco, sv, de, ms, vi, mul */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs; downgrade preferred ranks; add mu"
  2. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Santa_Fe
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Locations/Santa_Fe, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → capital city of the U.S. state of New Mexico and seat of Santa Fe County
    Harper's tag → santa-fe
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: santa-fe, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289961927|santa fe (#289961927)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
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