Albuquerque New Mexico

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Albuquerque New Mexico

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Jeff Swan

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Photograph - Photography

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"Albuquerque" redirects here. For other uses, see Albuquerque (disambiguation).
Albuquerque
� City �
Balloon Fiesta, Downtown Albuquerque
Alvarado Center, Sandia Peak Tramway
San Felipe de Neri Church, Rio Grande Wetlands.

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Nickname(s): The Duke City, Burque
Location in the state of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico is located in United States
Albuquerque
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 35�069 106�366
Country United States
State New Mexico New Mexico
County Bernalillo County
Founded 1706 (as Alburquerque)
Incorporated 1891 (as Albuquerque)
Government
� Type Mayor-council government
� Mayor Richard J. Berry[1]
� City Council
Councilors[show]
� State House
Representatives[show]
� State Senate
State senators[show]
� U.S. House
Representative[show]
Area
� City 181.3 sq mi (469.5 km2)
� Land 180.6 sq mi (467.9 km2)
� Water 0.6 sq mi (1.7 km2)
Elevation 5,312 ft (1,619.1 m)
Population (2012)[2][3]
� City 552,804 (32nd)
� Density 3,010.7/sq mi (1,126.9/km2)
� Metro 901,700 (57th)
1,146,049 (Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas CSA)
� Ethnicities[4]
46.7% Hispanic
42.1% Caucasian
3.8% American Indian
1.8% Multiracial
2.7% Black
2.5% Asian
.02% Other
Demonym Albuquerquean,
Burque�o[5]
Time zone MST (UTC-7)
� Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
Zip Code(s) 87101�87125, 87131,
87151, 87153, 87154,
87158, 87174, 87176,
87181, 87184, 87185,
87187, 87190�87199
Area code(s) 505, 575
FIPS code 35-02000
GNIS feature ID 0928679
Primary Airport Albuquerque International Sunport
ABQ (Major/International)
Secondary Airport Double Eagle II Airport-
KAEG (Public)
Website www.cabq.gov

Albuquerque Listeni/�lbəkɜrki/ is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County,[6] and it is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 552,804 as of the 2011 population estimates from the United States Census Bureau[7] and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. It has a 2012 estimated metropolitan population of 901,700 according to the US Census.[3] Albuquerque is the 53rd-largest United States metropolitan area. The Albuquerque MSA population includes the city of Rio Rancho, and forms part of the larger Albuquerque � Santa Fe � Las Vegas combined statistical area, with a total population of 1,146,049 as of the 2010 Census.

Albuquerque is home to the University of New Mexico (UNM), Kirtland Air Force Base, Sandia National Laboratories, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, and Petroglyph National Monument. The Sandia Mountains run along the eastern side of Albuquerque, and the Rio Grande flows through the city, north to south.
Contents

1 History
1.1 Etymology
1.2 Early settlers
1.3 Early 20th century
1.4 Decades of growth
1.5 New millennium
1.6 Urban trends and issues
2 Geography
2.1 Climate
2.2 Geology
2.3 Hydrology
2.4 Cityscape
2.4.1 Tallest buildings
2.4.2 Architecture
2.4.3 Quadrants
2.4.3.1 Northeast Quadrant
2.4.3.2 Northwest Quadrant
2.4.3.3 Southeast Quadrant
2.4.3.4 Southwest Quadrant
3 Demographics
3.1 2010 Census
4 Economy
5 Arts and culture
5.1 Points of interest
6 Sports
7 Parks and recreation
8 Government
9 Education
10 Media
11 Infrastructure
11.1 Transportation
11.1.1 Main highways
11.1.1.1 Bridges
11.1.2 Rail
11.1.2.1 Freight Service
11.1.2.2 Intercity rail
11.1.2.3 Commuter rail
11.1.3 Local mass transit
11.1.4 Bicycle transit
11.1.5 Walkability
11.1.6 Airports
11.2 Utilities
11.2.1 Energy
11.2.2 Sanitation
11.3 Healthcare
12 Notable people
13 Sister cities
14 Pop culture
15 See also
16 References
17 External links

History
Etymology
FranciscoFernandezdelaCueva.jpg

It is generally believed that the growing village that was to become Albuquerque was named by the provincial governor Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdes in honor of Don Francisco Fern�ndez de la Cueva y Enr�quez de Cabrera, viceroy of New Spain from 1653 to 1660. One of de la Cueva's aristocratic titles was Duke of Alburquerque, referring to the Spanish town of Alburquerque.

The Alburquerque family name dates from pre-12th century Iberia (Spain and Portugal, being the old name of the Portuguese family Albuquerque) and is habitational in nature (de Alburquerque = from Alburquerque). The Spanish village of Alburquerque is within the Badajoz province of Extremadura region, and located just fifteen miles (24 km) from the Portuguese border. Cork trees dominate the landscape and Alburquerque is a center of the Spanish cork industry.[8] Over the years, this region has been alternately under both Spanish and Portuguese rule. The name of the New Mexico city of Albuquerque is identical to the Portuguese spelling with only one 'r' of the family name in Portugal, probably due to Spanish or native local pronunciations.[verification needed] The name is Latin (Roman) in origin and from alba quercus or "white oak" (the wood of the cork oak is white after the bark has been removed). The seal of the Spanish village of Alburquerque is a white oak tree, framed by a shield, topped by a crown.[9]

Western folklore offers a different explanation, tracing the name Alburquerque to the Arabic 'Al-Barquq', meaning "the plum", and the derivative Galician (Galicia, northwest Spanish region) word 'albaricoque', the "apricot". The apricot was brought to New Mexico by Spanish settlers, possibly as early as 1743. As the story goes, the settlement of La Ciudad de Albaricoque was established near an apricot tree. As frontiersmen were unable to correctly pronounce the Spanish (Galician) word, they pronounced it as "Albuquerque."[10]
Early settlers
Old Town Albuquerque Plaza
Depiction of Central Avenue (Downtown Albuquerque), circa early 20th century
Downtown Albuquerque in 1880
Old Albuquerque High, built 1914 (Victorian and Gothic styles were used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries)

Albuquerque was founded in 1706 as the Spanish colonial outpost of Ranchos de Alburquerque. Present-day Albuquerque retains much of its historical Spanish cultural heritage.

Albuquerque was a farming community and strategically located military outpost along the Camino Real. The town was also the sheep-herding center of the West.[11] Spain established a presidio (military garrison) in Albuquerque in 1706. After 1821, Mexico also had a military garrison there. The town of Alburquerque was built in the traditional Spanish village pattern: a central plaza surrounded by government buildings, homes, and a church. This central plaza area has been preserved and is open to the public as a museum, cultural area, and center of commerce. It is referred to as "Old Town Albuquerque" or simply "Old Town." Historically it was sometimes referred to as "La Placita" (little plaza in Spanish). On the north side of Old Town Plaze is San Felipe de Neri Church. Built in 1793, it is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the city.[12]

After the American occupation of New Mexico, Albuquerque had a federal garrison and quartermaster depot, the Post of Albuquerque, from 1846 to 1867. During the Civil War Albuquerque was occupied in February 1862 by Confederate troops under General Henry Hopkins Sibley, who soon afterward advanced with his main body into northern New Mexico. During his retreat from Union troops into Texas he made a stand on April 8, 1862, at Albuquerque and fought the Battle of Albuquerque against a detachment of Union soldiers commanded by Colonel Edward R. S. Canby. This daylong engagement at long range led to few casualties.

When the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad arrived in 1880, it bypassed the Plaza, locating the passenger depot and railyards about 2 miles (3 km) east in what quickly became known as New Albuquerque or New Town. Many Anglo merchants, mountain men, and settlers slowly filtered into Albuquerque creating a major mercantile commercial center which is now Downtown Albuquerque. Due to a rising rate of violent crime, gunman Milt Yarberry was appointed the town's first marshal that year. New Albuquerque was incorporated as a town in 1885, with Henry N. Jaffa its first mayor, and it was incorporated as a city in 1891.[13]:232�233 Old Town remained a separate community until the 1920s when it was absorbed by the city of Albuquerque. Old Albuquerque High School, the city's first public high school, was established in 1879.

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