Albuquerque - New Mexico , USA
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 population was 518,271 as of July 1, 2007 U.S. census estimates and ranks as the 34th-largest city in the U.S. As of June 2007, the city was the 6th fastest growing in America. With a metropolitan population of 845,913 as of July 1, 2008, Albuquerque is the 59th-largest United States metropolitan area. The Albuquerque MSA population includes the city of Rio Rancho, one of the fastest growing cities in the United States.
Albuquerque is home to the University of New Mexico (UNM), Kirtland Air Force Base and the Sandia National Laboratories and Petroglyph National Monument. The Sandia Mountains run along the eastern side of Albuquerque, and the Rio Grande flows through the city, north to south.
阿尔伯克基是美國新墨西哥州在人口上最大的城市,位於新墨西哥州中部地區、橫跨格蘭德河(Rio Grande)的兩岸,也是伯納利歐縣的縣府所在地。阿布奎基亦叫阿爾伯克基。根據2000年人口普查,阿布奎基共有人口44萬8607人,市政府在2005年的估計為49萬4236人,整個都會區的人口則為79萬7940人。阿布奎基於2005年時名列全美國第33大城市,阿布奎基都會區則是第62大都會區。 阿布奎基都會區包含了格蘭德河市,是全美國成長最快的城市之一,該市包括許多計劃社區,預期在未來將為整個地區繼續吸引更多居民和商業活動。
新墨西哥大學(University of New Mexico,UNM)、科特蘭空軍基地(Kirtland Air Force Base)、桑迪亚国家实验室(Sandia National Laboratories)、與石化森林國家紀念物(Petroglyph National Monument)都位於阿布奎基。城市東部沿著桑迪亚山脉(Sandia Mountains)而行,格蘭德河從北到南貫穿整個城市。
References sources : wikipedia
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