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Albuquerque

Also known as Albuquerque, New Mexico, ABQ, Albuquerque, NM, Albiuquerque, NM, The Duke City, Burque, La Villa de Alburquerque, Albiuquerque, N.M.

city and county seat of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States and the largest city in the state

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Albuquerque is the largest city in New Mexico and serves as the county seat of Bernalillo County. As a major urban center in the state, it is an important hub for the region.

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Official name: Albuquerque
Demonym: Burqueñe
Population: 331767
Area: 490.920952
Elevation: 1619
Official website: www.cabq.gov
Image: Albuquerque Infobox Photo.png
Households: 229701
Dialing code: 505

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postal code: 87190
Commons category: Albuquerque
Commons gallery: Albuquerque, New Mexico
inception: 1706-00-00
native label: La Villa de Alburquerque
nickname: Burque
social media followers: 92943
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water as percent of area: 0.9579
per capita income: 31103

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Albuquerque is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Founded in 1706 as La Villa de Alburquerque by Santa Fe de Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, and named in honor of Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque and Viceroy of New Spain, it was an outpost on El Camino Real, linking Mexico City to the northernmost territories of New Spain. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County.

Located in the Albuquerque Basin, the city is flanked by the Sandia Mountains to the east and the West Mesa to the west, with the Rio Grande and its bosque flowing north-to-south through the middle. According to the 2020 census, Albuquerque had 564,559 residents, making it the 32nd most populous city in the U.S. and the fourth largest in the Southwest. The Albuquerque metropolitan area had 955,000 residents in 2023, and forms part of the Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Los Alamos combined statistical area, which had a population of 1,162,523.