Albuquerque metropolitan area

Albuquerque ( (listen) AL-bə-kur-kee; Spanish: [alβuˈkeɾke]), abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in 1706 as La Villa de Alburquerque by Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés. Named in honor of the Viceroy of New Spain, the 10th Duke of Alburquerque, the city was an outpost on El Camino Real linking Mexico City to the northernmost territories of New Spain. In 2006 the city celebrated its 300th anniversary. Located in the Albuquerque Basin, the city is flanked by the Sandia Mountains to the east and the West Mesa to the west, with the Rio Grande and bosque flowing north-to-south through the middle of the city. According to the 2020 census, Albuquerque had 564,559 residents, making it the 32nd-most populous city in the United States and the fourth largest in the Southwest. The Albuquerque metropolitan area had 916,528 residents in 2020, and forms part of the Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Las Vegas combined statistical area, which had a population of 1,162,523.Albuquerque is a hub for technology and media companies, historic landmarks, and the fine arts. The city is home to the University of New Mexico, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, the Gathering of Nations, the New Mexico State Fair, and a diverse restaurant scene, which features both New Mexican and global cuisine.

The Battle of Albuquerque was a small engagement of the American Civil War in April 1862 between General Henry Hopkins Sibley's Army of New Mexico and a Union Army under Edward R. S. Canby.

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, US.

Summit Electric Supply Co. Inc. is a privately held, independent wholesale distributor of industrial electrical equipment and supplies. The company is headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico where it was founded in 1977. Summit provides electrical equipment and supplies and supply chain solutions to electrical professionals, contractors, project managers, engineers, and others working on commercial, industrial, residential, marine, or export projects. Summit also provides electrical materials and services to contractors for general maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO); original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); and engineering, procurement, and construction (EP&C) professionals. The company ranked 17th on Modern Distribution Management's 2019 list of top electrical distributors based on 2018 revenue of $505 million.Summit has 25 service centers in the United States – located in New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma – and a service center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It also has three global divisions that support specific industries and specialized project requirements. The company's international sales division and EP&C division are located in Houston, Texas. Its marine division is in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Canteen Brewhouse (formerly Il Vicino Brewing Company) is an American craft brewery founded in 1994 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Albuquerque Basin (or Middle Rio Grande Basin) is a structural basin and ecoregion within the Rio Grande rift in central New Mexico. It contains the city of Albuquerque. Geologically, the Albuquerque Basin is a half-graben that slopes down towards the east to terminate on the Sandia and Manzano mountains. The basin is the largest and oldest of the three major basins in the Rio Grande rift, containing sediments whose depth ranges from 4,407 to 6,592 meters (14,459 to 21,627 ft).The basin has a semi-arid climate, with large areas that count as semi-desert. Paleo-Indian traces dating back 12,000 years show that the climate used to be wetter and more fertile than it is today. The Rio Grande flows through the basin from north to south, and its valley has been irrigated for at least 1,000 years. Intense irrigation began in the late nineteenth century with new dams, levees and ditches and has caused environmental problems.In times of low water levels in the Rio Grande, Albuquerque relies on groundwater for its potable water supply. The aquifer is composed of deposits from the ancestral Rio Grande and the size of its annual recharge follows fluctuations in weather and climate phenomena. There may be natural gas in the basin, but opponents of gas extraction fear the impact on the groundwater and on the quality of life.

Mac's Steak in the Rough is a drive-in fast-food restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico, that serves American and New Mexican cuisine. It used to be a chain of restaurants throughout New Mexico, but their locations were reduced to a single restaurant. however in 2012 they expanded again by opening a second location inside the Latitudes gas station near the entrance of Intel in Rio Rancho.

Congregation B'nai Israel is a historic Conservative synagogue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The building is notable for its distinctive Expressionist design by George Wynn, including an unusual undulating conical roof formed from polyurethane foam, as well as its importance in the city's Jewish community. The synagogue was completed in 1971 and was listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

The Public Academy for Performing Arts (PAPA) charter school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. PAPA offers many courses to its students who are in grades six through twelve. PAPA offers ballet, jazz, flamenco, hip-hop, and contemporary dance, choir, band, orchestra, theater, visual arts, film making and photography. They used to offer fencing and cheerleading, as well as karate, but those courses were dropped due to budget cuts. One can go on to their website and donate.

The University of New Mexico School of Law (UNM Law or New Mexico Law) is the law school of the University of New Mexico, a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1947, it is the only law school in the state.With approximately 300 students and 32 faculty, UNM Law has a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, among the best in the nation. An average of 100 students are enrolled annually, with an acceptance rate of 44 percent. The Juris Doctor (J.D.) program is a full-time day program requiring completion of 86 credit hours in three years. The school also offers dual degree J.D./Masters programs in Accounting, Latin American Studies, Business Administration, or Public Administration; a Master of Studies in Law (MSL); and certificates in Indian law and natural resources law. UNM Law maintains five full-time legal clinics and is unique in requiring the completion of a clinical course to graduate.UNM Law has one of the highest student diversity indexes of any U.S. law school, with Hispanics as the largest minority group. The school was among the first to prioritize the enrollment of indigenous people and is recognized as the top law school for Native Americans, as well as the second-best law school for Hispanics. The Princeton Review ranked UNM Law sixth in providing the greatest resources for minority students.UNM School of Law is ranked 91st by U.S. News & World Report and tied for eighth in clinical training; it is particularly noted for its environmental law program. National Jurist ranked UNM Law among the top 30 "best value" law schools, based on criteria such as average indebtedness after graduation, student employment rates, and tuition costs. According to New Mexico's official ABA-required disclosures, 85.7% of the Class of 2021 obtained full-time, long-term, J.D.-required employment ten months after graduation.

Big I is the name of the freeway interchange where Interstate 25 and Interstate 40 intersect northeast of downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Beach was a 14-acre water park in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The park was started in 1987, its final open season was 2004, and it was closed in 2005. The park's land was put up for sale in 2014. When the park was active, the three 75-foot slides used to tower over Interstate 25.