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Albuquerque Hotels and Visitor Information
Region: New Mexico
State: New Mexico
Population: 448,607
Elevation: 5,311 ft
Area Code(s): 505
Information: Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau: 20 First Plaza N.W., Suite 601, P.O. Box 26866, Albuquerque, NM 87125; phone (505) 842-9918 or (800) 733-9918.
Email: info@abqcvb.org Web: www.abqcvb.org
Area Description:
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County, and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande.
The city was founded in 1706 as the Spanish colonial outpost of Alburquerque; present-day Albuquerque retains much Spanish cultural and historical heritage.
Commanding the wide valley between the Sandia Mountains and the sweeping plateau country paralleling the Rio Grande, metropolitan Albuquerque is New Mexico's big city. And at more than 5,000 feet, Albuquerque's elevation makes it one of the highest metropolitan areas in the United States.
Albuquerque was founded in 1706 by 18 families from Bernalillo in search of greener pastures. Soon their flocks and crops were flourishing. The colonists laid out their town in traditional Spanish fashion, incorporating a central plaza bordered by a church, government buildings and homes. Due to the local climate and scarcity of wood, sun-baked adobe bricks made from mud and straw were the construction materials of choice.
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