Welcome to Albuquerque ...The city of Albuquerque is located in central New Mexico. Albuquerque is located in Bernalillo County<1> and is the County Seat for Bernalillo County. The pronunciation of Albuquerque: AL-buh-kur-kee<2> The community of Albuquerque was established in 1706. When the people of Albuquerque refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Albuquerquean<3> See our Genealogy Helper Page for Albuquerque for more information about variations on the name of Albuquerque. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Albuquerque has a population of 560,786 people<4> (see below for details). Albuquerque is 4,960 feet [1,512 m] above sea level.<5> In other words, the elevation of Albuquerque is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Albuquerque lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Albuquerque: 505 The ZIP codes for Albuquerque: 87101-87117, 87119-87125, 87131, 87151, 87153-87154, 87158, 87174, 87176, 87181, 87184-87185, 87187, 87190-87199<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Albuquerque had an population of 560,786 people. This is an increase of 2.74% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 25.01% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Albuquerque had a population of 545,852 people (which is 82.22% of the total population of Bernalillo County). This makes Albuquerque the county's most populous community. The population of Albuquerque represents 26.51% of the total population of New Mexico (which has 2,059,179 people), making it the state's most populous community. With a 2010 count of 545,852 people, the population of Albuquerque increased 21.68% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 448,607 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Albuquerque. Communities Also Named Albuquerque ...For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Albuquerque. Websites for Albuquerque ...Official Website: www.cabq.gov/ Chamber of Commerce: www.gacc.org/ Junior League: www.jlabq.org/ Communities near Albuquerque ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Albuquerque.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Albuquerque. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Albuquerque. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Albuquerque. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Albuquerque. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Albuquerque. Our list includes 158 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Albuquerque. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Albuquerque ...Looking for more information about Albuquerque? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Albuquerque, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Albuquerque. Adding Albuquerque to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Albuquerque in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Albuquerque was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> For more details, see References and Mentions for Albuquerque. Footnotes ...
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