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Definition: Albuquerque |
AlbuquerqueNoun1. The largest city in New Mexico; located in central New Mexico on the Rio Grande river. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Albuquerque" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
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Albuquerque may mean:
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Alfonso de Albuquerque
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Albuquerque."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Albuquerque is a city and the county seat of Bernalillo County, New Mexico U.S.A, situated in the central part of the state, about 325 miles southwest of Denver, Colorado, on the east bank of the Rio Grande, at an altitude of 4950 feet. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 448,607.The city hosts the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta every October.
History
The old Spanish town of Alburquerque was founded in 1706, and was named in honour of the duke of Alburquerque, viceroy of New Spain from 1702 to 1710. The first "r" was dropped at some point in the 19th century supposedly by an Anglo station-master unable to pronounce the city's name. During the Civil War it was occupied, late in February 1862, by Confederate troops under General Henry Hopkins Sibley, who soon afterwards advanced with his main body into northern New Mexico. In his retreat back into Texas he made a stand on the 8th of April 1862 at Albuquerque, where during the whole day there was a fight at long range and with few casualties against a detachment of Union soldiers commanded by Colonel Edward R. S. Canby.The original extra "r" in Alburquerque is remembered in the modern local hispanic slang term for the city: Burque.
Geography
Albuquerque is located at 35°6'39" North, 106°36'36" West (35.110703, -106.609991)1.A mountain range which includes Sandia Peak overlooks the city from the eastern side.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 469.5 km² (181.3 mi²). 467.9 km² (180.6 mi²) of it is land and 1.7 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.35% water.
Culture and Technology
A distinctive architecture which celebrates the Pueblo tradition lines the streets of the city. Thus, even modern buildings are sand-colored with rounded corners and edges. Even near the center of town, rural characteristics such as the sounds of roosters crowing, still greet the inhabitants.Contributing to the populace are multiple institutions such as Sandia National Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, and the attendant contracting companies which bring highly educated workers to a somewhat isolated region. A large semiconductor factory or 'fab' lies outside the city and county, with its attendant large-capital investment.
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory cooperate in an enterprise that began with the Manhattan Project.
Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 448,607 people, 183,236 households, and 112,690 families residing in the city. The population density is 958.9/km² (2,483.4/mi²). There are 198,465 housing units at an average density of 424.2/km² (1,098.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 71.59% White, 3.09% African American, 3.89% Native American, 2.24% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 14.78% from other races, and 4.31% from two or more races. 39.92% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.There are 183,236 households out of which 30.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.6% are married couples living together, 12.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.5% are non-families. 30.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.40 and the average family size is 3.02.
In the city the population is spread out with 24.5% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $38,272, and the median income for a family is $46,979. Males have a median income of $34,208 versus $26,397 for females. The per capita income for the city is $20,884. 13.5% of the population and 10.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 17.4% are under the age of 18 and 8.5% are 65 or older.
Colleges and Universities
- University of New Mexico
Sports Teams
Albuquerque is home to the Albuquerque Isotopes minor league baseball team and the New Mexico Scorpions ice hockey team.
External Links
Airports
Initial text from 1911 encyclopedia
- Albuquerque International Sunport
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Albuquerque, New Mexico."
Crosswords: Albuquerque |
| Specialty definitions using "Albuquerque": Altair 8800, America's Multimedia Online ♦ Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems. (references) |
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Lyrics | By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be working ("By the Time I Get to Phoenix"; performing artist: Glen Campbell) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Albuquerque (1948) 18 Minutes in Albuquerque (1994) | |
Song Titles | Albuquerque (performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) | |
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 | Albuquerque, New Mexico. Credit: Geodesy - Measuring the Earth. |  | Floating just above the water, a balloon representing the Airborne Laser program makes a practice flight in preparation for the Kodak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, which begins Oct. 7. One of approximately 1,000 balloons attending this year's. |
 | Dinosaur bone being prepared for removal from Peterson dinosaur quarry site near Albuquerque, NM. Credit: Mike O'Neill. |  | One of many bone found in the peterson jurassic period dinosaur quarry west of Albuquerque, NM. Credit: Mike O'Neill. |
 | U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital, Albuquerque, N.M. : General view. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Albuquerque General Hospital : 10 bed ward of women patients. / Kyllingstad. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Post office, Albuquerque, N.M. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Albuquerque, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Albuquerque, New Mexico. A curio shop. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A completely overhauled engine on the transfer table at the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad locomotive shops, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "America open for business 4" by Vincent Seychal Commentary: "This is a road trip from San Francisco to Albuquerque via NYC between 2001 and 2002." |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Tucumcari and Santa Rosa and into the New Mexican mountains to Albuquerque, where the road comes down from Santa Fe. |
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Worker Rights | Colombia | To monitor compliance with its recommendations, the ILO appointed Rafael Albuquerque, former Minster of Labor of the Dominican Republic, as ILO Special Representative to the country. (references) |
Colombia | Albuquerque also commented that in many departments of the country where there was little or no presence of the security forces, paramilitary groups continue to dismantle trade unions by threatening the members of their executive committees. (references) | |
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| "Albuquerque" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Albuquerque" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 31 | 62,296 |
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1. Albuquerque, NM (city, FIPS 2000) |
Expression using "Albuquerque": Los Ranchos de Albuquerque. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Albuquerque"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 亚伯科基. (various references) | |
Korean | 알버커키. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | albuquerqueay.(various references) | |
Russian | альбукерк. (various references) | |
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"Albuquerque" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alberqueque. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-l-q-q-r-u-u-u" | |
-4 letters: equable. | |
-5 letters: barque, bureau, quaere, queuer. | |
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