Albuquerque Metro
Albuquerque, the Duke City, was named for Don Francisco Fernandez de la Cueva Enriquez, Duke of Alburquerque and 34th Viceroy of New Spain. Albuquerque was originally two cities which eventually became one—the Old Town founded in 1706, by Francisco Cuervo y Valdez, and a New Town that sprang up along the railroad tracks when the trains arrived in 1880. Situated in a part of the Rio Grande Valley, the largest city in New Mexico is framed by the spectacular 10,000-foot Sandia Mountains to the east and an ancient volcanic escarpment to the west. Growing from just 19 families in 1706, Albuquerque, today, is home to half a million people who treasure the city’s rich cultural history which is reflected in its unique architectures, Pueblo Revival and Territorial.
Adobe walls and shady portals found throughout the city blend comfortably with 21st-century homes and buildings making Albuquerque one of the oldest and newest cities in America.
- Albuquerque Neighborhoods
- Academy West
- Albuquerque Acres West
- Downtown Area
- Fairgrounds
- Far North Valley
- Far Northeast Heights
- Foothills North
- Foothills South
- Four Hills Village
- Ladera Heights
- Near North Valley
- Near South Valley
- North Albuquerque Acres
- North Valley
- Northeast Heights
- Northwest Heights
- Paradise East
- Paradise West
- Sandia Heights
- Southeast Heights
- Southwest Heights
- UNM Area
- UNM South
- Uptown
