In 2006 the city celebrated its 300th anniversary. NBCUniversal also has a sizable presence in the city, as do independent multimedia franchise studios. Route 66 originally ran through the city on a northsouth alignment along Fourth Street, but in 1937 it was realigned along Central Avenue, a more direct eastwest route. The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library system consists of nineteen libraries to serve the city, including the Main Library, Special Collections branch (Old Main Library), and Ernie Pyle branch, which is located in the former home of noted war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Of the 62,780 acre-feet (77,440,000m3) per year of the water in the upper Colorado River basin entitled to municipalities in New Mexico by the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, Albuquerque owns 48,200. Each 1square mile(2.59km2) is divided into four 160-acre (0.65km2) neighborhoods by smaller roads set 0.5miles(0.8km) between major roads. The Wells Fargo Building is illuminated green. [102][103][104] The city lights twinkle and glitter from views on Nine Mile Hill, it was among Elvis Presley's favorite views. The older areas include the North Valley, the South Valley, various neighborhoods near downtown, and Corrales. [21] This was also the first flight in the New Mexico Territory. Limited water supply and rugged terrain are the main limiting factors for development in these towns. [24] In 1990, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Albuquerque's population as 34.5% Hispanic and 58.3% non-Hispanic white. Due to a rising rate of violent crime, gunman Milt Yarberry was appointed the town's first marshal that year. As of 2010[update], only recently has Downtown Albuquerque come to regain much of its urban character, mainly through the construction of many new loft apartment buildings and the renovation of historic structures such as the KiMo Theater, in the gentrification phase. Albuquerque, city, seat (1883) of Bernalillo county, west-central New Mexico, U.S., located on the Rio Grande opposite a pass between the Sandia and Manzano mountains to the east. The CSA constitutes the southernmost point of the Southern Rocky Mountain Front megalopolis, with a population of 5,467,633 according to the 2010 United States Census, including other major Rocky Mountain region cities such as Cheyenne, Wyoming; Denver, Colorado; and Colorado Springs, Colorado. Other fauna include reptilia and amphibia such as the southwestern fence lizard and New Mexico whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicanus), rattlesnake, the New Mexico garter snake, the bullsnake, Woodhouse toads, New Mexico spadefoot toads, and tadpole shrimp ("Triops"). Albuquerque | Spanish Translator albuquerque Translation Albuquerque Play Copy Swap Proofread Translated by Show more translations Examples Examples have not been reviewed. In May, the winds tend to subside as a summer-like airmass and temperatures begin to occur into with regularity. From this commercial center on July 4, 1882, Park Van Tassel became the first to fly a balloon in Albuquerque with a landing at Old Town. Albuquerque is a hub for production studios, including Albuquerque Studios, which is one of the primary productions hubs for Netflix. Such large snowfalls are rare occurrences during the period of record, and they greatly impact traffic movement and the workforce due to their rarity. feminine noun. Service expanded to Valencia County in December 2006 and to Santa Fe on December 17, 2008. [18], After the New Mexico Territory became a part of the United States, Albuquerque had a federal garrison and quartermaster depot, the Post of Albuquerque, from 1846 to 1867. [130] The city's economy is highly diversified, centering on science, medicine, technology, commerce, education, media entertainment, and culture (particularly fine arts); construction, film production, and retail trade have seen the most robust growth since 2020.[131]. There is also a Laotian American temple and a sizable community in parts of this area as well as around Uptown. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males. [89] The first officially licensed FM radio broadcast in Albuquerque was KANW which mostly broadcasts the New Mexico music genre and NPR programming.[90][91]. This central plaza area has been preserved and is open to the public as a cultural area and center of commerce. When the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad arrived in 1880, it bypassed the Plaza, locating the passenger depot and railyards about 2miles(3km) east in what quickly became known as New Albuquerque or New Town. Influential New Dealera governor Clyde Tingley and famed Southwestern architect John Gaw Meem were among those brought to New Mexico by tuberculosis. The city is served by one major newspaper, the Albuquerque Journal, other ongoing periodicals in the city include Albuquerque the Magazine, both of which are distributed throughout the Southwestern United States and are catalogued by the Library of Congress. [156], Albuquerque was one of two cities in New Mexico to have had an electric street railway; its horse-drawn streetcar lines were electrified in the early 20th century. Spanish learning for everyone. It is also found in western India where it was taken by Portuguese colonists. It is typical for daily low temperatures in much of late December, and January, and February to be below freezing, with a long-term average of 93 days per year falling to or below freezing, and two days failing to rise above freezing. Martineztown, the University of New Mexico, the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Nob Hill, the Uptown area which includes three shopping malls (Coronado Center, ABQ Uptown, and Winrock Town Center), Hoffmantown, Journal Center, Cliff's Amusement Park, and Balloon Fiesta Park are all in this quadrant. [144] Central New Mexico Community College is a county-funded junior college serving new high school graduates and adults returning to school. Scrub and mesa vegetation such as sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia), fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens), Indian ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides), sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus), and mesa dropseed (Sporobolus flexuosus) is often found in sandy soils. [145] The Ayurvedic Institute, one of the first Ayurveda colleges specializing in Ayurvedic medicine outside India, was established in 1984. Albuquerque was a farming and shepherding community and strategically located trading and military outpost along the Camino Real, for the other already established for the Tiquex and Hispano towns in the area, such as Barelas, Corrales, Isleta Pueblo, Los Ranchos, and Sandia Pueblo. [161] The same year, Albuquerque opened its first Bicycle Boulevard on Silver Avenue. Atrisco Heritage Academy HS, Kirtland Air Force Base, and National Museum of Nuclear Science & History are adjacent to but outside of the city limits.Rio Grande HS and Sandia Peak Tramway are near but not in the city limits. The pre-1940s parts of Albuquerque are quite different in style and scale from the post-1940s areas. [51] Portions of the valley and West Mesa locations experience more high temperatures above 90F (32C) and 100F (38C) as part of normal or extreme weather each summer. Albuquerque is the center of the New Mexico Technology Corridor, a concentration of institutions engaged in scientific research and development, which in turn forms part of the larger Rio Grande Technology Corridor that that stretches from southern Colorado to southwestern Texas. In 2002, the Alvarado Transportation Center was built on the site in a manner resembling the old landmark. [92] Then mayor Richard J. Berry named named the center stage of Albuquerque Plaza the "Al Hurricane Pavilion". [72] Another large venue is Expo New Mexico, where other annual events are held, such as North America's largest pow wow at the Gathering of Nations, as well as the New Mexico State Fair. New Mexico Gas Company provides natural gas services to more than 500,000 customers in the state, including the Albuquerque metro area. Albuquerque lies within the fertile Rio Grande Valley with its Bosque forest, in the center of the Albuquerque Basin, flanked on the eastern side by the Sandia Mountains and to the west by the West Mesa. Much of the rainwater Albuquerque receives does not recharge its aquifer. [106] The Old Main Library was the first library of Albuquerque and from 1901 until 1948 it was the only public library. Albuquerque's downtown entered the same phase and development (decline, "urban renewal" with continued decline, and gentrification) as nearly every city across the United States. wislizeni), coyote willow (Salix exigua), mesquite or tornillo (Prosopis pubescens), Gooding's willow (Salix goodingii), and saint sacaton (Sporobulus wrightii). [26] On May 22, 1957, a B-36 accidentally dropped a Mark 17 nuclear bomb 4.5 miles from the control tower while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base. A small portion of the rapidly developing area on the west side of the river south of the Petroglyphs, known as the "West Mesa" or "Westside", consisting primarily of traditional residential subdivisions, also extends into this quadrant. Elevation at the summit is roughly 10,300ft (3,100m) above sea level, or "ten-three". [8], Albuquerque is a hub for technology and media companies,[9][10] historic landmarks,[11] and the fine arts. PNM Resources, New Mexico's largest electricity provider, is based in Albuquerque. In October 2013, the Albuquerque Journal reported Albuquerque as the third best city to own an investment property.[31]. We also offer brochures in Spanish , French , German and Japanese. Autumn is generally cool in the mornings and nights but sees less rain than summer, though the weather can be more unsettled closer to winter, as colder airmasses and weather patterns build in from the north and northwest with more frequency. In the bosque are the eponymous Rio Grande cottonwood (Populus deltoides var. New Mexico's dry climate brought many tuberculosis patients to the city in search of a cure during the early 20th century, and several sanitaria sprang up on the West Mesa to serve them. [168] Smaller specialty hospitals include the Heart Hospital of New Mexico and Lovelace Women's Hospital. Old Albuquerque High School, the city's first public high school, was established in 1879. Albuquerque is home to eighteen broadcast television stations, including KOB, KRQE, KOAT-TV, and KLUZ-TV, although most households are served by direct cable network connections. Many drug dealers sell any drug they can get their hands. [160] In 2009, Albuquerque was identified by Good Worldwide as having one of the "best burgeoning bike scenes" in North Americ, including the world's largest covered BMX track, Duke City BMX. What does Albuquerque mean in spanish? According to the United States Census Bureau, Albuquerque has a total area of 189.5 square miles (490.9km2), of which 187.7 square miles (486.2km2) is land and 1.8 square miles (4.7km2), or 0.96%, is water.[33]. The total amount of parkland is 42.9 square miles (111 km2), or about 23% of the city's total areaone of the highest percentages among large cities in the U.S. About 82% of city residents live within walking distance of a park. [105] Route 66 era neon signs, and LED style versions of the neon-style are common throughout the city. The original architecture of La Villa de Albuquerque is referred to as the Territorial Style, it was revitalized as the Territorial Revival architecture. UNM includes a School of Medicine, which was ranked in the top 50 primary care-oriented medical schools in the country. The settlers converted many Native Americans to Christianity. The average annual precipitation is less than half of evaporation supporting an arid climate, and no month's daily temperature mean is below freezing. [114][115] The PGA of America offers Albuquerque golf tournaments with Sun Country Golf House, including the Sun Country PGA Championship and the New Mexico Open which have been hosted in the metropolitan area several times. More than 50 years after Coronado, Juan de Oate came north from the Valley of Mexico with 500 Spanish settlers and soldiers and 7,000 head of . Origin of albuquerque From Spanish Alburquerque (" a town in Spain "), after Spanish viceroy Francisco Fernndez de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque (1619-1676). It has 5,600 inhabitants. As a large and multicultural city, Albuquerque is home to a variety of global cuisines, in addition to local New Mexican cuisine. [52] More recently, a major winter storm in late February 2015 dropped up to a foot (30cm) of snow on most of the city. Treated effluent water is recycled into the Rio Grande south of the city. Copyright HarperCollins Publishers Word Frequency Albuquerque in British English (lbkk , Portuguese lbukrk ) noun MRCOG's cornerstone project is currently the New Mexico Rail Runner Express. [120] The Isotopes sometimes has Dukes Retro Night where they wear Dukes uniforms,[121] and The Duke mascot continues to be an icon of the city.[120][122]. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta takes place at Balloon Fiesta Park the first week of October. He retained this commission for the next quarter-century and developed the university's distinctive Southwest style. The Navajo, Apache, and Comanche peoples were also likely to have set camps in the Albuquerque area, as there is evidence of trade and cultural exchange among the different Native American groups going back centuries before European arrival. As the focus of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, the city is punctuated by agricultural acequias that contrast with the otherwise heavily urban settings. In the 2000s modern rock stations focusing on alternative rock, nu metal, and adult contemporary music became popular in the city, including the FM station KPEK "100.3 The Peak". The city of Albuquerque in New Mexico was named after the Viceroy of New Spain Don Francisco Fernandez de la Cueva y Enriquez de Cabrera, the Duke of . Related: Quercine (adj. Scope: population of New Mexico, selected other states in the United States, and entities that contain New Mexico. Judaism is the second-largest non-Christian religion in Albuquerque;[64] Congregation Albert, a Reform synagogue established in 1897, is the oldest extant Jewish organization in New Mexico. Settlers also introduced the horse. It is the only part of Albuquerque where the water table often lies close to the surface, sometimes less than 10 feet (3.0m). Not long after, in 1986, the Bernalillo and Albuquerque government decided that joint powers would work best to serve the needs of the community and created the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System.[107]. About 10.0% of families and 13.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.4% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over. There are six road bridges that cross the Rio Grande and serve the municipality on at least one end if not both. The city of Albuquerque engulfs the village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque. Ending up in the wrong place, Bugs consults a map, complaining, "I knew I should have taken that left toin at Albakoykee (left turn at Albuquerque)." juniperiana), and beargrass (Nolina greenei, formerly considered Nolina texana). 15. The climate is rather mild compared to parts of the country further north or further south. [70] Albuquerque Public Schools spokeswoman Monica Armenta said the number of homeless kids enrolled in district schools (meaning children from families that have no permanent address) has consistently ranged from 3,200 to 3,500. There are numerous shopping centers and malls within the city, including ABQ Uptown, Coronado, Cottonwood, Nob Hill, and Winrock. [34][35] Located in central New Mexico, the city also has noticeable influences from the adjacent Colorado Plateau semi-desert, New Mexico Mountains forested with juniper and pine, and Southwest plateaus and plains steppe ecoregions, depending on where one is located. Groundwater will constitute the remainder. The Coordinated Entry System, a centralized citywide system used to track and fill supportive housing openings when they become available, shows that about 5,000 households experienced homelessness in 2018. (waste) a. trash. During this time, contemporary Christian music garnered success with KLYT, branded as M88 in its earlier days, due to the crossover of Christian rock and Christian hip hop with popular music.[96][97]. [23] Islam is the next largest minority religion, with an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 adherents, representing 85% of the state's Muslim population. What does Albuquerque mean in Spanish? The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA) has developed a water resources management strategy that pursues conservation and the direct extraction of water from the Rio Grande for the development of a stable underground aquifer in the future.[54][55]. Valle: Spanish for valley. One such area is considered part of Albuquerque Metropolitan Area, commonly called the East Mountain area; it is covered in woodlands of juniper and pion trees, a common trait of southwestern uplands and the southernmost Rocky Mountains. The DoubleTree Hotel changes colors nightly, and the Compass Bank building is illuminated blue. BNSF Railway operates a small yard operation out of Abajo yard, located just south of the Csar E. Chvez Ave. overpass and the New Mexico Rail Runner Express yards. Meanwhile, the city continued to expand outward into the Northeast Heights, reaching a population of 201,189 by 1960. According to Rock at Noon Day, a homeless services center, there were an estimated 4,000 to 4,500 homeless living in the Albuquerque metropolitan area in 2019, with millennials and elderly accounting for the fastest growing segments. In 2020, the racial makeup of the city was 60.3% White (including some residents of Hispano or Mexican heritage),[61] 4.5% Native American, 3.1% Black or African American, 3% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, and 9.2% Multiracial (two or more races). Kirtland Air Force Base, Sandia National Laboratories, Sandia Science & Technology Park, the Max Q commercial district, Albuquerque International Sunport, American Society of Radiologic Technologists, Central New Mexico Community College, UNM South Campus, Duke City BMX, University Stadium, Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park, The Pit, Mesa del Sol, Isleta Amphitheater, Netflix Studios, Isleta Resort & Casino, the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, New Mexico Veterans Memorial, and Talin Market are all located in the Southeast quadrant of Albuquerque. According to the City of Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau, the word Albuquerque comes from the Latin words "albus" and "quercus," meaning "white oak." Who founded New Mexico? The eastern areas of the Greater Albuquerque Area, known as the East Mountain Area, lie the Southwestern Tablelands, sometimes considered a southern extension of the central high plains and northeast New Mexico highlands. The newer areas generally feature four- to six-lane roads in a 1mile(1.61km) grid. The largest city in New Mexico, United States and the county seat of Bernalillo County. In 1990, it was 384,736 and in 2007 it was 518,271. There are numerous golf courses in the city area; Arroyo Del Oso Golf Course, Isleta Eagle Golf Course, Ladera Golf Course, Los Altos Golf Course, Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club, Paradise Hills Golf Course, Puerto del Sol Golf Course, Sandia Golf Club, Santa Ana Golf Club, Twin Warriors Golf Club, and University of New Mexico's Championship Golf Course. Albuquerques Vietnamese American community is partly business-centered in this area, as well as the Eubank, Juan Tabo, and Central areas, and other parts of Albuquerque. At the Albuquerque International Sunport, the elevation is 5,352feet(1,631m) above sea level. In 2011, the City of Albuquerque commissioned a study to develop a bus rapid transit system through the Central Avenue corridor, which accounted for 44% of all bus riders in ABQ RIDE. Pursuant to the CHIPS and Science Actfederal legislation aimed at expanding domestic semiconductor manufacturing, research and development of new technology, and workforce trainingthe U.S. Department of Energy announced plans to construct a new 100,000-square-foot technology incubator for companies, academia, and national laboratories, as well as a new platform for facilitating the development of tech startups among minority communities. The mountain towns of Tijeras, Edgewood, and Moriarty, while close enough to Albuquerque to be considered suburbs, have experienced much less growth compared to Rio Rancho, Bernalillo, Los Lunas, and Belen. Including a public radio station run by The University of New Mexico KUNM-FM,[98] for conservative talk radio there is KIVA "The Rock of Talk" owned by Eddy Aragon,[99] and KKOB has a Cumulus Media station affiliated with ABC News Radio. Sandia Peak Ski Area, adjacent to Albuquerque, provides both winter and summer recreation in the Sandia Mountains. [95] Today, KISS 97.3 still exists, though WILD has changed to a variety of formats. Africans brought farming methods, cooking styles, crops, and okra and palm oil. Several for-profit technical schools including Brookline College, Pima Medical Institute, National American University, Grand Canyon University, the University of Phoenix and several barber/beauty colleges have established their presence in the area. The daily average temperatures in December and January, the coldest months, are above freezing at 36.9F (2.7C) and 37.4F (3.0C), respectively. Why was the R dropped in Albuquerque? After suffering some fire damage in 1923 the city decided it was time to construct a building for the library to be moved to, however, by 1970 even after additions were made the population and library needs had outgrown the building for its use as a main library and it was turned into Special Collections. The area was the site of Native American pueblos (villages) when Europeans first arrived in 1540. [116] Roller sports are finding a home in Albuquerque as they hosted USARS Championships in 2015,[117] and are home to Roller hockey,[118] and Roller Derby teams. In 2010, the median income for a household in the city was $38,272, and the median income for a family was $46,979. [162] In 2015, the city adopted the "Bikeway & Trails Facility Plan" to invest in its bicycle infrastructure, including improving and expanding the existing system, adding new routes, and establishing bike sharing programs. The primary cities in Valencia County are Los Lunas and Belen, both of which are home to growing industrial complexes and new residential subdivisions. Most rain occurs during the late summer monsoon season, typically starting in early June and ending in mid-September. The Big I is the only five-level stack interchange in the state of New Mexico. The rest of the country is starting to notice. One of the major art events in the state is the summertime New Mexico Arts and Crafts Fair, a nonprofit show exclusively for New Mexico artists and held annually in Albuquerque since 1961. Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken. "Duke City" gained popularity when the city's baseball team was the Albuquerque Dukes, which boasted a loyal fan base throughout the city.When the city . Mesa: Spanish for plateau in southwestern United States. Of these, 12 or 13 were densely clustered near present-day Bernalillo and the remainder were spread out to the south.[13]. [135] In 2017, the state-funded Bioscience Authority was established to help promote local industry development, particularly through public-private partnerships; the following year, pharmaceutical company Curia built two large facilities in Albuquerque, and in fall 2022 broke ground on a $100 million expansion of its local operations.[136]. Albuquerque ( (listen) AL-b-kur-kee; Spanish: [alukeke]), abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Pueblo Deco architecture was derived from Pueblo and Territorial styles meeting the Art Deco movement, and it is richly featured in downtown Albuquerque. "[37] He also notes that the Sandia Pueblo Indians call the mountain Bien Mur, "big mountain."[37]. This bajada is quite noticeable when driving into Albuquerque from the north or south, due to its fairly uniform slope from the mountains' edge downhill to the valley. By the 1500s, there were around 20 Tiwa pueblos along a 60-mile (97km) stretch of river from present-day Algodones to the Rio Puerco confluence south of Belen. The largest city of New Mexico, in the central part of the state on the upper Rio Grande. (United States) La calle est llena de basura por la huelga de los basureros.The street is full of garbage because of the garbagemen strike. Hundreds of hot-air balloons are seen every day, and there is live music, arts and crafts, and food.[100]. It is very close to the border with Portugal and was an ancient dominion of the kings of that country. What El Paso means? 2. This quadrant includes the old communities of Atrisco, Los Padillas, Huning Castle, Kinney, Westgate, Westside, Alamosa, Mountainview, and Pajarito. . The Rio Grande Valley, due to long-term shifting of the actual river channel, contains layers and areas of soils varying between caliche, clay, loam, and even some sand. alburquerque (37) More examples Random Word Roll the dice and learn a new word now! Two Tiwa pueblos lie specifically on the outskirts of the present-day city, both of which have been continuously inhabited for many centuries: Sandia Pueblo, which was founded in the 14th century,[14] and the Pueblo of Isleta, for which written records go back to the early 17th century, when it was chosen as the site of the San Agustn de la Isleta Mission, a Catholic mission. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,[48] the city is located in the southeastern edge of the Arizona/New Mexico Plateau, with the Arizona/New Mexico Mountains ecoregion defining the adjacent Sandia-Manzano mountains, including the foothills in the eastern edges of the city proper east of about Juan Tabo Boulevard. The New Mexico portion of the Rio Grande lies within the Rio Grande Rift Valley, bordered by a system of faults, including those that lifted up the adjacent Sandia and Manzano Mountains, while lowering the area where the life-sustaining Rio Grande now flows.