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Albuquerque, NM

Pop. 562K

About Albuquerque

Albuquerque, also known as ABQ, Burque, Duke City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Bernalillo County. Founded in 1706 as La Villa de Alburquerque by Santa Fe de Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, and named in honor of Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque and Viceroy of New Spain, it was an outpost on El Camino Real, linking Mexico City to the northernmost territories of New Spain.

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Economics

Home: $266,700Income: $65,604Affordability: 4.1x(Affordable)

Community Profile

Safety

1/100

Schools

64/100

Air Quality

AQI 42

LGBTQ+

84/100

Eco

27/100

Transit

4.0%

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