Albuquerque, is a great place to live and to work. The people here are friendly and the lifestyle is relaxing. The city is rich in culture and history, with museums, many galleries, team sports including the Albuquerque Isotopes! Our location is ideal as it is central to New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Texas offering many vacation spots within just a day's drive. The Sandia Mountains that border the east of Albuquerque offer skiing, hiking, and a variety of other outdoor activities. The weather here in Albuquerque is ideal as we have 4 seasons, including a mild winter that offers some snowfall, stunning colors and beauty in spring and fall, and summers that offer tons of pleasant, not unbearable sunshine.
Albuquerque Facts • Albuquerque was founded in 1706 and is one of the nation's oldest inland communities. • Albuquerque's elevation of 5312 feet makes it the highest metropolitan city in America. • According to the 2000 Census, Albuquerque has a population of 448, 607. Over a third of the state’s population lives in Albuquerque. • According to the 2000 Census, the Median income for Bernalillo county is: $36,850. • Albuquerque is in the heart of Indian pueblo country -- the oldest farming civilization on the North American continent. • The Sandia Mountains at the eastern edge of Albuquerque are the first to be encountered west of the Mississippi River. "Sandia" is Spanish for "watermelon." • The 2.7-mile aerial tramway located in Albuquerque is the longest in North America. It has the third longest span in the world. The tram takes visitors from the base of 6600 feet to the top of 10,378 foot Sandia Peak in about twenty minutes.
• The 10,378 foot-high Sandia Crest, high point of the mountains east of Albuquerque, offers a panoramic view of more than 11,000 square miles. • UNM is probably best known for it departments of Medicine, Electrical Engineering, Anthropology and Romance Languages. The School of Medicine operates in conjunction with the Bernalillo County Medical Center. • The enormous Cochiti Dam and Reservoir, second largest west of the Mississippi, located 45 miles northwest of Albuquerque, offers water sports and recreational facilities. • Albuquerque is the Hot Air Balloon Capital of the world, and site of international competitions annually. A minimum of 400 hot air balloons from all over the world compete. • According to Weather Bureau records going back over 50 years, Albuquerque receives 78% of all available sunshine. • Albuquerque is the home of multiple winners of the Indianapolis 500 Auto Race: Bobby, Al Jr., and Al Unser. • There are 4 distinct seasons in Albuquerque. Winter is crisp, sometimes cold and snowy, but the sun is usually warm. Summer temperatures go into the 90's; with mile-high plus elevation and fresh, clean air.
• Albuquerque is located at the junction of two interstate highways: East- West Interstate 40 and North-South Interstate 25, better known as the "Pan American Highway."
• Albuquerque is one of the few cities in the nation in which you can play tennis in the middle of winter in the city, or ski on excellent mountain slopes less than 30 minutes away.
• Albuquerque is the perfect headquarters for a family vacation, offering all kinds of outdoor recreation, plus most kinds of spectator sports. Indian pueblos, ceremonial dances, ancient ruins, and archaeological sites add greatly to vacation interest. • There are five extinct volcanoes, which appear on the horizon west of Albuquerque. • Situated on the north bank of a huge arroyo at the base of the Sandia Mountains, lay the archaeological remains of the Spanish Colonial village of Carnuel. This area is controlled by the city and is now called "Singing Arrow Park." • Historic old missions, ghost towns and ruins are within a 45 minute drive of Albuquerque. • The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque features a varied and interesting display showing the rich tradition of folk art from New Mexico's 19 Indian Pueblos.
• The charming city of Santa Fe, only 62 miles north of Albuquerque, claims the distinction of having the oldest capitol building in the United States -- the Palace of the Governors, built in 1610.
• Sandia Cave, in which artifacts of primitive man dating back 25,000 years were found near Placitas in the Sandia Mountains. • Albuquerque is equidistant from Los Angeles to Kansas City, from New Orleans to San Francisco, from Phoenix to Denver, and from Salt Lake City to Dallas. • Albuquerque is the home of the New Mexico State Fair each September. The Fair ranked Number One in the nation in per capita attendance and Number Six in overall attendance, and includes outstanding exhibits of livestock, agricultural products, industrial improvements, fine arts, Indian and Spanish arts and crafts. • San Felipe Fiesta in Albuquerque's "Old Town" every spring (late May or early June) brings back the days of religious procession, dances in the plaza, piñata parties, and gran bailes (dances). Built in 1706, the walls of San Felipe Church in Albuquerque's "Old Town" are more than seven feet thick. • Old Town Plaza in Albuquerque has been a crossroads since it was founded in 1706. At some time or another four flags have flown over the Plaza: Spain, Mexico, the United States of America, and New Mexico .
• Albuquerque has a professional ice hockey team: The New Mexico Scorpions.
• Albuquerque has it’s own professional 3-A baseball team, the Isotopes. • Located on top of a 350 foot mesa, 60 miles west of Albuquerque is Acoma, the "Sky City" -- home of the Acoma Pueblo Indians. • Kirtland Air Force Base, the sixth largest Air Force installation in the United States, is located in Albuquerque. • Albuquerque's Rio Grande zoo is one of the most attractive in the southwest. In addition to elephants, monkeys, cats, giraffes, and seals, it has a children's zoo, fowls, reptiles, and a world famous exhibit of hoofed animals, including a rare herd of Greater Kudu.
• Of Albuquerque's more than 1172 developed parks, Los Altos Park is the largest. It includes an enclosed heated swimming pool, baseball and softball diamonds, tennis courts, lighted golf course, and children's recreational area.
