Albuquerque
city and county seat of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States and the largest city in the state
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Albuquerque is a city in the United States[1]. Albuquerque ranks in the top 0.28% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,316 views/month, #26 of 9,394).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bernalillo County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Rio Grande[5]
- Head of government: Tim Keller (politician)[6]
- Instance of: big city[7]
- Named after: Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque[8]
- Flag: flag of Albuquerque, New Mexico[9]
- Twinned administrative body: Lanzhou[10], Rehovot[11], Ashgabat[12], Chihuahua City[13], Gijón[14], Guadalajara[15], Helmstedt[16], Hualien City[17], Sasebo[18], Alburquerque[19], Kharkiv[20]
- Postal code: 87101[21], 87102[22], 87103[23], 87104[24], 87105[25], 87106[26], 87107[27], 87108[28], 87109[29], 87110[30], 87111[31], 87112[32], 87113[33], 87114[34]
- Part of: Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM Combined Statistical Area[35], Albuquerque metropolitan area[36]
- Commons category: Albuquerque[37]
- Located in time zone: Mountain Time Zone[38], UTC−07:00[39], UTC−06:00[40]
- Local dialing code: 505[41]
- Has part(s): northeast Albuquerque[42]
- Inception: 1706[43]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Albuquerque include Albuquerque International Sunport[44], an international airport[45], in United States[46] and USS Albuquerque[47], an attack submarine[48].
Why It Matters
Albuquerque has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Albuquerque is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for Albuquerque include Albuquerque International Sunport[44], an international airport[45], in United States[46] and USS Albuquerque[47], an attack submarine[48].