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The unofficial nicknames listed here have been in use for a long time or have gained wide currency. Albuquerque. Burque [3] [4] The Duke City [5] The Q [4] [6] Anthony – Leap Year Capital of the World (shared with Anthony, Texas) [7] Carlsbad – Cavern City [8] Cloudcroft - A Pasture for the Clouds [9] Gallup – Native American Capital of ...
Albuquerque (/ ˈ æ l b ə k ɜːr k i / ⓘ AL-bə-kurk-ee; Spanish: [alβuˈkeɾke] ⓘ), [a] also known as ABQ, Burque, and the Duke City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, [5] and the county seat of Bernalillo County.
The population is estimated to be 923,630 as of July 1, 2020, [7] making Greater Albuquerque the 61st-largest MSA in the nation. The Albuquerque MSA forms a part of the larger Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Los Alamos combined statistical area with a 2020 estimated population of 1,165,181, ranked 49th-largest in the country.
The nickname became official in 1995 thanks to Rep. Dennis Young, who introduced legislation citing the state's various rivers, streams, lakes, bayous, mountains, and wildlife.
Centered in Bernalillo County, the Albuquerque metropolitan area includes New Mexico's third-largest city, Rio Rancho, and has a population of over 918,000, accounting for one-third of all New Mexicans. It is adjacent to Santa Fe, the capital and fourth-largest city.
The Albuquerque area was settled by the Tiwa people beginning around 1250. By the 1500s, there were around 20 Tiwa pueblos along a 60-mile (97 km) stretch of the middle Rio Grande valley. The region was visited by Spanish conquistadores beginning with the expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado in 1540–41, and began to be settled by ...
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Downtown Albuquerque is laid out in a standard grid pattern, with numbered north–south streets and named east–west avenues.Central Avenue (originally known as Railroad Avenue) is the main east–west thoroughfare through the center of Downtown, while Lomas Boulevard (originally New York Avenue) is a major east–west arterial through the north part of Downtown.