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Albuquerque, New Mexico - Wikipedia
This business was removed from the services collection. The Mid Region Council of Governments MRCOG , which includes constituents from throughout the Albuquerque area, was formed to ensure that these governments along the middle Rio Grande would be able to meet the needs of their rapidly rising populations. In October , the Albuquerque Journal reported Albuquerque as the third best city to own an investment property.
Albuquerque lies within the northern, upper edges of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion, based on long-term patterns of climate, associations of plants and wildlife, and landforms, including drainage patterns. Its main geographic connection lies with southern New Mexico, while culturally, Albuquerque is a crossroads of most of New Mexico.
Albuquerque has one of the highest elevations of any major city in the United States, though the effects of this are greatly tempered by its southwesterly continental position. The Rio Grande is classified, like the Nile , as an "exotic" river because it flows through a desert. The New Mexico portion of the Rio Grande lies within the Rio Grande Rift Valley, bordered by a system of faults , including those that lifted up the adjacent Sandia and Manzano Mountains , while lowering the area where the life-sustaining Rio Grande now flows.
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Albuquerque lies in the Albuquerque Basin , a portion of the Rio Grande rift. The pink is due to large exposures of granodiorite cliffs, and the green is due to large swaths of conifer forests. The Sandia foothills, on the west side of the mountains, have soils derived from that same rock material with varying sizes of decomposed granite, mixed with areas of clay and caliche a calcium carbonate deposit common in the arid southwestern USA , along with some exposed granite bedrock.
Below the foothills, the area usually called the "Northeast Heights" consists of a mix of clay and caliche soils, overlaying a layer of decomposed granite, resulting from long-term outwash of that material from the adjacent mountains. This bajada is quite noticeable when driving into Albuquerque from the north or south, due to its fairly uniform slope from the mountains' edge downhill to the valley.
Sand hills are scattered along the I corridor and directly above the Rio Grande Valley, forming the lower end of the Heights. The Rio Grande Valley, due to long-term shifting of the actual river channel, contains layers and areas of soils varying between caliche , clay, loam, and even some sand. It is the only part of Albuquerque where the water table often lies close to the surface, sometimes less than 10 feet 3.
The last significant area of Albuquerque geologically is the West Mesa: The west mesa commonly has soils often referred to as "blow sand", along with occasional clay and caliche and even basalt, nearing the escarpment. Albuquerque is geographically divided into four quadrants which are officially part of the mailing address.
The north-south dividing line is Central Avenue the path that Route 66 took through the city and the east-west dividing line is the Rail Runner tracks. This quadrant has been experiencing a housing expansion since the late s. It abuts the base of the Sandia Mountains and contains portions of the foothills neighborhoods, which are significantly higher, in elevation and price range, than the rest of the city.
Running from Central Avenue and the railroad tracks to the Sandia Peak Aerial Tram , this is the largest quadrant both geographically and by population. Some of the most affluent neighborhoods in the city are located here, including: A few houses in the farthest reach of this quadrant lie in the Cibola National Forest , just over the line into Sandoval County.
This quadrant contains historic Old Town Albuquerque , which dates back to the 18th century, as well as the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. The area has a mixture of commercial districts and low to middle-income neighborhoods. Additionally, the North Valley settlement, outside the city limits, which has some expensive homes and small ranches along the Rio Grande , is located here. The city of Albuquerque engulfs the village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque.
A small portion of the rapidly developing area on the west side of the river south of the Petroglyphs, known as the " West Mesa " or "Westside", consisting primarily of traditional residential subdivisions, also extends into this quadrant.
The city proper is bordered on the north by the North Valley, the village of Corrales , and the city of Rio Rancho. The upscale neighborhood of Four Hills is located in the foothills of Southeast Albuquerque.
Traditionally consisting of agricultural and rural areas and suburban neighborhoods, the Southwest quadrant comprises the south-end of Downtown Albuquerque, the Barelas neighborhood, the rapidly-growing west side, and the community of South Valley, New Mexico , often referred to as "The South Valley".
Although the city limits of Albuquerque do not include the South Valley, the quadrant extends through it all the way to the Isleta Indian Reservation. Newer suburban subdivisions on the West Mesa near the southwestern city limits join homes of older construction, some dating back as far as the s. A new adopted development plan, the Santolina Master Plan, will extend development on the west side past th Street SW to the edge of the Rio Puerco Valley , and house , by It is unclear at this time whether the Santolina development will be annexed into the City of Albuquerque or incorporated into its own city when its development does occur.
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Albuquerque is in the northern tip of the Chihuahuan Desert, near the edge of the Colorado Plateau. Albuquerque's climate is usually sunny and dry, with an average of 3, sunshine hours per year. Extended cloudiness is rare. The city has four distinct seasons.
December, the coolest month, averages Spring is windy, sometimes unsettled with some rain, though spring is usually the driest part of the year in Albuquerque. In May, the winds tend to subside. The summer heat is relatively tolerable for most because of low humidity, except for some days during the North American Monsoon.
Precipitation averages just under 9. On average, January is the driest month, while July and August are the wettest months, as a result of shower and thunderstorm activity produced by the North American Monsoon prevalent over the Southwestern United States. Albuquerque averages around 9 inches of snow per winter, and experiences several accumulating snow events each season. Locations in the Northeast Heights and Eastern Foothills tend to receive more snowfall due to each region's higher elevation and proximity to the mountains.
The city was one of several in the region experiencing a severe winter storm on December 28—30, , with locations in Albuquerque receiving between Traveling to the west, north and east of Albuquerque, one quickly rises in elevation and leaves the sheltering effect of the valley to enter a noticeably cooler and slightly wetter environment. Most rain occurs during the summer monsoon season also called a chubasco in Mexico , typically starting in early July and ending in mid-September. Albuquerque's drinking water presently comes from a combination of Rio Grande water river water diverted from the Colorado River basin through the San Juan-Chama Project [40] and a delicate aquifer that was once described as an "underground Lake Superior ".
The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority ABCWUA has developed a water resources management strategy, which pursues conservation and the direct extraction of water from the Rio Grande for the development of a stable underground aquifer in the future. The aquifer of the Rio Puerco is too saline to be cost-effectively used for drinking purposes.
Much of the rainwater that Albuquerque receives does not recharge its aquifer. It is diverted through a network of paved channels and arroyos , and emptied into the Rio Grande. The project's construction was initiated by legislation enacted by President John F. Kennedy in , and completed in In the past much of this water was resold to downstream owners in Texas. Some water is allowed to flow through central Albuquerque, mostly to protect the endangered Rio Grande Silvery Minnow. Treated effluent water is recycled into the Rio Grande to the south of the city. Groundwater will constitute the remainder.
As of the United States census of , there were , people, , households, and , families residing in the city. There were , housing units at an average density of 1, The racial makeup of the city was The ethnic makeup of the city was There were , households out of which The average household size was 2. The age distribution was For every females, there were For every females age 18 and over, there were According to a study by Sperling's BestPlaces , the majority of the religious population in Albuquerque are Christian. The Catholic population of Albuquerque is served by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe , whose administrative center is located in the city.
Collectively, other Christian churches and organizations such as the Eastern Orthodox Church , Oriental Orthodoxy , and others make up the second largest group in the city. The second largest religious population in the city are eastern religions such as Buddhism , Sikhism , and Hinduism. Judaism is the second-largest non-Christian religious group in Albuquerque, followed by Islam. One of the major art events in the state is the summertime New Mexico Arts and Crafts Fair, a non-profit show exclusively for New Mexico artists and held annually in Albuquerque since The local cuisine prominently features green chile , which is widely available in restaurants, including national fast-food chains.
The restaurant scene of Albuquerque is quite prominent throughout the city, and local restaurants receive statewide attention, alongside several of them becoming chains throughout the state. The Sandia Peak Tramway , located adjacent to Albuquerque, is the world's second-longest passenger aerial tramway. It also has the world's third-longest single span. It stretches from the Northeast edge of the city to the crestline of the Sandia Mountains.
The Balloon Fiesta is one of Albuquerque's biggest attractions.
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Hundreds of hot air balloons are able to be seen everyday. In addition to balloons, there is live music, arts and crafts, and food. John Gaw Meem , credited with developing and popularizing the Pueblo Revival style, was based in Santa Fe but received an important Albuquerque commission in as the architect of the University of New Mexico.
He retained this commission for the next quarter-century and developed the university's distinctive Southwest style. Albuquerque boasts a unique nighttime cityscape. Many building exteriors are illuminated in vibrant colors such as green and blue. The Wells Fargo Building is illuminated green. The rotunda of the county courthouse is illuminated yellow, while the tops of the Bank of Albuquerque and the Bank of the West are illuminated reddish-yellow. Due to the nature of the soil in the Rio Grande Valley, the skyline is lower than might be expected in a city of comparable size elsewhere.
Albuquerque has expanded greatly in area since the mids.