USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Etymology. Borrowed from Spanish Santa Fe (“Holy Faith”).

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1610, the capital city of New Mexico was christened La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís by the Spanish. Santa Fe is the fourth of 13 official commemorative cities named Santa Fe, which means Holy Faith in Spanish. It’s also the first city in the world outside of Spain to bear the name.

Detailed explanation-4: -Santa Fe is the site of both the oldest public building in America, the Palace of the Governors and the nation’s oldest community celebration, the Santa Fe Fiesta, established in 1712 to commemorate the Spanish reconquest of New Mexico in the summer of 1692.

Detailed explanation-5: -While primarily a Catholic community, Santa Fe has a tradition of tolerance, and mutual respect has grown among spiritual disciplines ranging from Buddhism to Sufism and beyond.