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Location
New Mexico, southwestern USA.

Dialling code
1.

Time zone
GMT - 7 (GMT - 6 from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November).

Electricity
110-120 volts, 60 Hz; round two-pin plugs are standard.

Average January temperatures
0.5°C (31°F).

Average July temperatures
22°C (72°F).

Annual rainfall



Cost of Living:

1 American Dollar (US$1) = £0.51; C$1.16; A$1.22; €0.75
Currency conversion rates as
of April 2007


Special Events:

Indian Market, third weekend in Aug, world’s largest American Indian art market, on the Plaza (website: www.swaia.org)
Rodeo de Santa Fe, third weekend in Jun, Santa Fe Rodeo Grounds (website: www.rodeodesantafe.org)
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, early Jul-late Aug, (website: www.santafechambermusic.org)
International Folk Art Market, mid-Jul, Museum Hill (website: www.folkartmarket.org)
Spanish Market, late Jul, on the Plaza (website: www.spanishmarket.org)
Mountain Man Rendezvous, second weekend in Aug, fair, Palace of the Governors (website: www.santafe.com/events/mtn_man_rendezvous.html)
Wine & Chile Fiesta, third weekend in Sep, various locations throughout city (website: www.santafewineandchile.org)
Harvest Festival, early Oct, El Rancho de las Golondrinas (website: www.golondrinas.org/octevents.htm)
Farolitos, Christmas Eve, Christmas lighting along Canyon Road and the Plaza
Indian Dances, Christmas week, pueblos throughout Northern New Mexico


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