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Albuquerque, New Mexico

Northern America

Albuquerque is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, founded in 1706 as a Spanish colonial villa and named in honor of a Spanish duke. Straddling the Rio Grande in the high desert of the American Southwest, Albuquerque is known for its Sandia Peak tramway, its blend of Hispanic, Native American and Anglo cultures reflected in its historic Old Town, and its large annual hot air balloon fiesta.

Facts
Population
564,559 1
Area (sq km)
489.39 1
Founding Year
1706 1
Founded in 1706 as La Villa de Alburquerque per the Wikipedia infobox established_date field; incorporated as Albuquerque in 1891 per the same infobox established_date2 field.
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
1619 1
Converted from the Wikipedia infobox elevation_ft value of 5312 feet.
Latitude
35.0844 degrees north 1
Longitude
106.6503 degrees west 1
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Sources
1. Albuquerque (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Albuquerque is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico.
  • Lead section
    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.
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    489.39
  • Infobox: elevation_ft
    5312
  • Lead section
    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.
  • Infobox, population year
    2020 census
  • MediaWiki API prop=coordinates (decimal degrees resolved from the infobox Coord template)
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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Wikidata: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Wikidata Q34804, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Wikidata: United States
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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