Njengoba kunikezwe lesi sigaba esiphathelene neNingizimu-ntshonalanga ye-United States, yisho imizi emikhulu kuleyo ndawo
Context:INingizimu-ntshonalanga ye-United States, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-American Southwest noma i-Southwest nje, iyisifunda sendawo namasiko ase-United States. Imingcele yayo eqondile ayichazwanga ngokusemthethweni, kodwa imizamo yokwenza kanjalo ngokuvamile ihlanganisa i-Arizona neNew Mexico njengengqikithi yesifunda. Izingxenye ezizungezile zaseCalifornia, eColorado, eNevada, naseUtah nazo ngezinye izikhathi zifakiwe. I-Oklahoma neTexas nazo zingafakwa, ikakhulukazi ingxenye ye-trans-pecos "i-horn" yombuso (okungukuthi ukunwetshwa okusentshonalanga kakhulu kombuso wezwe eningizimu yomngcele waseNew Mexico, kodwa entshonalanga nasenyakatho yePecos neRio Gande Rivers). Amadolobha amakhulu kunawo wonke endaweni yedolobha elikhulu yiPhoenix, iLas Vegas, i-El Paso, i-Albuquerque, neTucson. Ngaphambi kuka-1848, esifundeni esingokomlando saseSanta Fe de Nuevo México kanye nasezingxenyeni ze-Alta California naseCoahuila y Tejas, ukuhlala kwakungekho cishe ngaphandle kwePueblos yaseNuevo México kanye nomasipala baseSpain noma baseMexico. Ingxenye enkulu yale ndawo yayiyingxenye yeNew Spain neMexico kwaze kwaba yilapho i-United States ithola le ndawo ngeSivumelwano saseGuadalupe Hidalgo ngo-1848 kanye neGadsden Purchase encane ngo-1854.
Amadolobha amakhulu kunawo wonke eNingizimu-ntshonalanga ye-United States yiPhoenix, iLas Vegas, i-El Paso, i-Albuquerque neTucson.