Albuquerque
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Foundation : | 1706 |
State : | United States |
State : | New Mexico |
County : | Bernalillo County |
Coordinates : | 35 ° 7 ′ N , 106 ° 37 ′ W |
Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) |
Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
559,277 (as of 2016) 909,906 (as of 2016) |
Population density : | 1,195.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 469.5 km 2 (approx. 181 mi 2 ) of which 467.9 km 2 (approx. 181 mi 2 ) is land |
Height : | 1619 m |
Postcodes : | 87101-87199 |
Area code : | +1 505 |
FIPS : | 35-02000 |
GNIS ID : | 0928679 |
Website : | www.cabq.gov |
Mayor : | Tim Keller ( D ) |
Civic Plaza in Albuquerque |
Albuquerque ( English pronunciation ˈælbəkɝːkɪ , Spanish : [ alβuˈkerke ]) is the largest city in the US state of New Mexico with 559,000 inhabitants (2016) . 905,000 people live in the metropolitan area , which includes Rio Rancho, one of the fastest growing cities in the USA.
geography
location
Albuquerque is located on a plain bounded to the east by the Sandia Mountains and to the west by the Rio Grande , which flows from north to south . The urban area covers an area of 469.6 km 2 , which extends over altitudes between 1,490 m and 1,631 m.
climate
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Albuquerque
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history
Albuquerque was settled by the Anasazi , a North American Indian tribe, between 1100 and 1300 .
In 1540 the Spanish conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado crossed the area in search of the legendary seven golden cities of Cibola . A few kilometers north of what is now Albuquerque, he and his men spent the winter with the Pueblo Indians . The place was named after Francisco Fernández de la Cueva , the eighth Duke of Alburquerque (written with r) and Viceroy of New Spain. In 1706, Spanish settlers founded what is now Albuquerque's Old Town. In 1880 it was connected to the railroad.
There are still historic buildings in the Old Town. Many new buildings are based on the traditional Adobe style. A large proportion of the people living in Albuquerque have Latin American-Hispanic roots ( Hispanics ). Albuquerque is the seat of several computer and high technology companies, but also important museums for Indian art and history.
population
year | Residents |
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1980 | 331,767 |
1990 | 384,915 |
2000 | 448,607 |
2005 | 494.236 |
2006 | 504.949 |
2010 | 545.852 |
economy
The metropolitan area of Albuquerque generated a gross domestic product of 43.3 billion US dollars in 2016, making it 64th among the metropolitan areas of the United States. The unemployment rate in the metropolitan region was 3.8 percent and thus corresponds to the national average (as of March 2018). The personal per capita income in 2016 was 39,665 US dollars, which means that Albuquerque has a below-average income level.
Albuquerque is at the center of the New Mexico Technology Corridor, a group of private high-tech companies and government institutions along the Rio Grande. There are numerous larger institutions, e.g. B. Sandia National Laboratories and Kirtland Air Force Base . These attracted further companies who brought highly qualified employees to this otherwise rather isolated region. Among other things, Intel maintains a large semiconductor factory in neighboring Rio Rancho .
Albuquerque was Microsoft's original headquarters , founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen . Steve Baer , innovative in solar energy and architectural style, set up his company Zomeworks in Albuquerque in the late 1960s . The Los Alamos National Laboratory , the Sandia and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are working together in a company with the Manhattan Project began.
Culture
Pronounced Pueblo- style architecture characterizes many buildings in the city as well as the entire campus of the University of New Mexico .
Albuquerque is home to the KiMo Theater (architects: Carl Boller & Robert Boller, 1927), one of the last and best-preserved Pueblo Deco theaters in the USA. Modern buildings are still occasionally built in this style. They combine the colors of south-western earth tones, the adobe architectural style (rounded corners and edges) and decorative motifs from Indian cultures that can be found in "American Art Deco" architecture. Examples of Pueblo Deco style buildings can be found in Marcus Whiffens and Carla Breeze's book Pueblo deco: The art deco architecture of the Southwest ( ISBN 0-8263-0676-4 ).
The city was home to the Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque for 29 years until it went bankrupt in 2004. The New Mexico Symphony Orchestra plays and rehearses in Albuquerque.
Sights and museums
The Albuquerque Museum is not far from the old town. The exhibits include a variety of relics and maps that vividly depict the history of the city.
The city's natural history museum is called ¡Explora! . It offers various experiments and interesting scientific facts.
Rattle Snake Museum - The rattlesnake museum is located right in the old town. Although it is a small museum with only three exhibition rooms, there is a lot to learn about snakes there. The animals kept there are not only snakes, but also turtles and other reptiles that are native to the area.
Downtown Albuquerque - The change in the city is best seen in Downtown . Just a few years ago, this was a little popular part of the city, which, with the exception of Central Avenue, was dominated exclusively by large bank and courthouse buildings. Today there are good restaurants, cafés, a cinema and various historical buildings to marvel at, including the Kimo Theater and the new adobe-style train station in the city. According to the will of the city fathers, downtown should also be made more attractive as a living space. Large condominiums with apartments and lofts are currently being built . There are numerous bars, clubs and cafes along and south of Central Avenue. On Friday and Saturday evenings the street is closed to traffic and populated especially by young people when going out.
National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico - The center offers many opportunities to grapple with the history of Hispanics in America, including exhibitions and films. It was opened in 2000 and architecturally unites the cultures of South America.
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (short: Balloon Fiesta) - The international meeting of hot air balloonists has been held annually on the outskirts of Albuquerque since 1972 and is the world's largest meeting of its kind.
Biopark and Albuquerque Aquarium - The city's attractions also include a botanical garden (Biopark) and an aquarium. The Biopark is particularly noteworthy for its rich collection of native plants. In addition to a sea basin with sharks and rays, the aquarium also offers an aquarium that provides an overview of the fauna in the Rio Grande.
On the west bank of the Rio Grande on the outskirts, 30 km is two large Petroglyph National Monument , a protected area and memorial to prehistoric Indian cultures. Around 20,000 rock carvings are preserved in the area, which are located in several canyons of Table Mountain.
Albuquerque is also used by Hollywood as a location for film productions. The film Bierfest about a group of Americans who are getting their drinks ready for the Munich Oktoberfest was shot here.
Historical objects
- Off Interstate 40 is the historic Rio Puerco Bridge .
- At number 119 on 3rd Street SW is the historic Occidental Life Building . Erected in 1917, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 .
In Albuquerque is the Ernie Pyle House, a National Historic Landmark (as of December 2016). 146 buildings and sites in the city are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of April 4, 2020).
Albuquerque in film and music
In the Simpsons episode The Hungry, Hungry Homer, there are many allusions to the city that do not make it appear in a positive image. The city is also mentioned in the film High School Musical and an episode of the TV series The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones . The American comedian and musician Weird Al Yankovic also uses the city name for a song on his album Running With Scissors . The American series In Plain Sight is also set in Albuquerque. The city can also be seen in the film Little Miss Sunshine . The film Beyond the Blackboard was also shot here. In Roberto Blanco's song The Puppeteer of Mexico , the sung-maker performs his games in the city's market. In 1975 Neil Young released the song Albuquerque on his album Tonight's the Night . The British band Prefab Sprout referred to the city in their 1988 song The King of Rock'n 'Roll : "Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque".
Albuquerque gained worldwide attention when the American AMC series Breaking Bad was played and filmed in this city from 2008 to 2013 . The series won two Golden Globe awards, several Emmy awards and was named the best television series in the world several times. Since 2014, a spin-off for this program called Better Call Saul has also been filmed in Albuquerque.
The West Mesa Murders
West Mesa Bone Collector is the pseudonym of one or more as yet unidentified people who are responsible for a serial murder in the Albuquerque area. The case (also known as The West Mesa Murders ) has resulted in twelve murder victims so far.
South Valley murders
A 15-year-old man shot dead five people, two adults and three young children in the Albuquerque suburb of South Valley on January 21, 2013 . The youth was arrested shortly after the crime on suspicion of murder. One of the victims is clergyman Greg Griego, who had worked as a pastor for the fire department and as a volunteer prison chaplain.
Universities
traffic
Airport
The city of Albuquerque has an airport. Various airlines offer domestic flights to around 20 US cities from Albuquerque International Sunport .
Interstates
There are two interstate highways running through the city : I-40 and I-25 . The I-40 runs through the city in an east-west direction, the I-25 in a north-south direction. Their junction is known under the name "The Big I", the most frequented highway junction in New Mexico with 300,000 vehicles per day. They form the main road connections to other cities in New Mexico and to other US states. The legendary Route 66 also runs through Albuquerque . Within the city, it coincides with Central Avenue. In New Mexico, Route 66 is mostly identical to Interstate 40.
Public transportation
The public transport system in Albuquerque consists of only a few bus routes from ABQ Ride. In addition, the New Mexico Rail Runner Express operates Monday through Saturday on a standard-gauge railway line. In December 2008 the line was extended to Santa Fe .
sons and daughters of the town
- Néstor Montoya (1862–1923), politician
- Austin Menaul (1888–1975), decathlete
- Soledad Chávez Chacón (1892–1936), politician
- Slim Summerville (1892-1946), actor
- Cleo Pineau (1893–1972), motorcycle racer and flying ace in the First World War
- Don Alvarado (1904–1967), actor, assistant director and production manager
- Francis Fergusson (1904–1986), literary critic, drama and myth theorist and university lecturer
- Desmond Marquette (1908-1999), film editor
- Luna Bergere Leopold (1915-2006), geologist, hydrologist and geomorphologist
- Edward R. Roybal (1916-2005), politician
- John F. Simms (1916–1975), politician
- Francine Irving Neff (1925-2010), government official
- Alphonse Gallegos (1931–1991), Roman Catholic religious, auxiliary bishop in Sacramento
- Pete Domenici (1932-2017), politician
- Valentin de Vargas (1935-2013), actor
- Ross Campbell (1936–2012), child psychiatrist and author of educational books
- Paula Gunn Allen (1939–2008), writer
- Al Unser (* 1939), automobile racing driver
- William D. Nordhaus (born 1941), Sterling Professor at Yale University
- Bobby Shew (born 1941), musician
- Walter B. Slocombe (* 1941), lawyer and politician
- Shari Eubank (born 1947), actress
- Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948), writer
- Randy Castillo (1950–2002), drummer
- Sidney McNeill Gutierrez (* 1951), astronaut
- Jerry McNerney (* 1951), politician and representative of California in the US House of Representatives
- Martin J. Chávez (* 1952), politician
- Catherine Carr (born 1954), swimmer
- Bob Ostertag (* 1957), musician and composer
- Madolyn Smith Osborne (born 1957), actress
- Jay Roach (* 1957), director, cameraman, screenwriter and film producer
- John Terwilliger (born 1957), rower
- Tina Smith (* 1958), politician, lieutenant governor of Minnesota and US Senator for Minnesota
- Ronnie Lott (born 1959), American football player
- Les Mayfield (* 1959), film director and film producer
- Claudia Udy (* 1960), film actress
- Helene Udy (* 1962), American-British film actress, screenwriter, director and film producer
- Al Unser junior (* 1962), automobile racing driver
- Patrice Martinez (1963-2018), actress
- Steven Michael Quezada (* 1963), actor and comedian
- John Sanchez (born 1963), politician and Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
- Jeff Bezos (* 1964), entrepreneur (amazon.com)
- Tracy Reiner (born 1964), actress
- French Stewart (born 1964), actor
- Beth Coats (* 1966), biathlete and cyclist
- Cynthia Breazeal (* 1967), computer scientist
- Johnny Tapia (1967-2012), boxer
- Daniel Abraham (* 1969), science fiction and fantasy author
- Lorenzo Antonio (* 1969), singer-songwriter
- David Robinson (* 1969), American-German basketball player
- Trent Dimas (* 1970), Turner
- Annabeth Gish (born 1971), actress
- Benito Martinez (born 1971), actor
- Shelia Burrell (* 1972), heptathlete
- Dave Asprey (* 1973), entrepreneur and author
- Neil Patrick Harris (born 1973), actor
- Tony Vincent (born 1973), singer
- Danny Romero (* 1974), super fly and flyweight boxer
- Nick Wechsler (* 1978), actor
- Kate Gallego (* 1981), politician
- Holly Holm (* 1981), mixed martial arts fighter and boxer
- Diego Sanchez (* 1981), mixed martial arts fighter
- Jeremy Foley (born 1983), actor
- Cody Töpper (* 1983), basketball player
- Chad Topper (* 1985), American-German basketball player
- Benita Marti (* before 1986), actress
- Arian Foster (born 1986), football player
- Ryan McGarvey (* 1986), blues and blues rock guitarist, singer and composer
- Jarrin Solomon (* 1986), sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago
- Joey Zimmerman (born 1986), actor
- Lisandra Tena (* 1987), actress
- Seth Adkins (born 1989), actor
- Mitch Garver (born 1991), baseball player
- Demi Lovato (* 1992), actress, singer and songwriter
- Forrest Goodluck (born 1998), actor
- Willow Shields (* 2000), actress
Name variants
The city has several designations:
- Alburquerque
- Beeldil Daesenili
- New Albuquerque
- San Felipe de Neri
- San Francisco Xavier
- San Francisco de Albuquerque
- Vokekyi Leuwi
Town twinning
Sasebo in Japan since 1966 | |
Chihuahua in Mexico since 1970 | |
Helmstedt in Germany since 1983 | |
Hualien in Taiwan since 1983 | |
Guadalajara in Mexico since 1986 | |
Ashgabat in Turkmenistan since 1990 | |
Lanzhou in the PRC since 1996 | |
Alburquerque in Spain since 2003 |
Web links
- Link catalog on the subject of Albuquerque at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
- Official government website (English)
- Balloon Fiesta (English)
- City partnerships (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1980–2000: census results; 2005: Update of the US Census Bureau
- ^ US Department of Commerce, BEA, Bureau of Economic Analysis: Bureau of Economic Analysis. Retrieved July 4, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Birmingham-Hoover, AL Economy at a Glance. Retrieved July 5, 2018 .
- ^ US Department of Commerce, BEA, Bureau of Economic Analysis: Bureau of Economic Analysis. Retrieved July 5, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ classical music - andante - chamber orchestra of albuquerque files for bankruptcy after 29 years ( Memento from November 29, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ NRIS
- ↑ List of NHL by State . National Park Service , accessed November 17, 2018.
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↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 4, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 4, 2020. - ↑ Five Dead; Teen Accused In Killing Spree , accessed January 21, 2013
- ↑ Father Was Gang Member Turned Pastor , accessed January 21, 2013
- ↑ a b c d e N.M. Geographic Names Data Base, 1992. Compiled by Bob Julyan over more than five years of researching individual geographic names in New Mexico. Especially useful for historical names, name changes; and variants. Subsumed within this bibliographical reference is the much larger bibliography of the data base, comprising 235 references, including county histories, local histories, other historical works, correspondence, and numerous oral sources
- ^ A b Harrington, John Peabody, The Ethnogeography of the Tewa Indians, Bureau of American Ethnology, Annual Report 29: 29-636, 1907-1908. Includes place names in the Tewa language