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The city's most famous annual event, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, began in 1972, the same year the Albuquerque Dukes began play in the highest level of Minor League Baseball. During the 1970s, Albuquerque found itself at the center of the fledgling personal computer industry when MITS , a local electronics company, attracted ...
Albuquerque is served primarily by the Albuquerque International Sunport, located 3 mi (4.8 km) southeast of the city's central business district. It is the largest airport in New Mexico, and the state's sole international airport, serving over 5 million passengers annually. [ 181 ]
Albuquerque Municipal Airport renamed to Albuquerque Sunport; 1965 New terminal opens at the Albuquerque Sunport. Coronado Center shopping mall in business. Albuquerque Press Club founded. 1967 – Albuquerque Museum of Art and History established. 1970 – Anti-war protest. [32] 1972 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta begins. [28]
While developing Santa Fe as a trade center, the returning settlers founded Albuquerque in 1706, naming for the viceroy of New Spain, the Duke of Alburquerque. Prior to its founding, Albuquerque consisted of several haciendas and communities along the lower Rio Grande. Ranching and some farming in the 18th century were the basis for the economy ...
The towns of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque and Bernalillo were previously the county seats, but the capital was finally established in Albuquerque in 1883. [5] In 1876, it absorbed Santa Ana County . In 1906, years after the Land Revision Act of 1891 provided for the setting aside of forest reserves, the parts of Bernalillo County currently known ...
The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway reached Albuquerque in 1880, building a depot about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the plaza. This led to the creation of a rival "New Albuquerque" (now Downtown Albuquerque) which quickly boomed thanks to the railroad and was incorporated as the City of Albuquerque in 1891. The original town, now called Old ...
Jul. 19—Kharkiv, Ukraine became Albuquerque's 11th sister city last month. Establishing this relationship comes at a time of turmoil for Kharkiv which has been the target of Russian attacks ...
Following this early wine industry several Spanish towns were founded, including Barelas in 1662 and Bernalillo in 1695. The main city, Albuquerque, was founded on 1706 as La Villa de Alburquerque as the trade center for the region.