Central New Mexico
Central New Mexico is the region of the state containing Albuquerque and vicinity. Unusually for a United States city of significant size, Albuquerque has almost no true "suburbs" that have grown along with and after, rather than independent of, the city; about the only one of consequence is Rio Rancho.Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Albuquerque and Bernalillo.
Albuquerque
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Albuquerque, also known as ABQ, is a vibrant, sprawling city near the center of New Mexico. Cradled in the Rio Grande Valley beneath the Sandia Mountains, it is by far the largest city in the state, acting as the media, educational, and economic center of New Mexico, as well as the home of the state's only major airport, making it a common entry point into New Mexico.
Bernalillo
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Bernalillo is a town in central New Mexico, United States of America, just north of Albuquerque. It was one of the waypoints along the original route of historic Route 66. This article also covers the city of Algodones.
Los Lunas
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Los Lunas is a village in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village has a population of 17,242. It is the county seat of Valencia County. Los Lunas is part of the Albuquerque metropolitan area.
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Moriarty
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Moriarty is a city in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,946 at the 2020 Census. It is located about ten miles east of Edgewood, and shares a school district with the town, despite them being in separate counties.
Belen
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Belen is a town in central New Mexico, 30 miles south of Albuquerque. Belen was founded in 1740 as a small Spanish settlement. Nearly a century ago the town became the center of railroad operations in New Mexico, creating its nickname "The Hub City".
Edgewood
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Edgewood is a town in Central New Mexico, located east of Albuquerque on the other side of the Sandia Mountains.
Mountainair
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Mountainair is a small town in Central New Mexico. It is most well known for being the home of the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. Mountainair is located on the eastern side of the Manzano Mountains, separated from the rest of Central New Mexico.
Cedar Crest
Cedar Crest is a small settlement in Central New Mexico, situated on the eastern side of the Sandia Mountains, opposite Albuquerque. Scattered along the base of the mountains alongside the village of Tijeras directly to the south and the tiny settlement…
Central New Mexico
- Type: region
- Description: region in the state of New Mexico, United States
- Location: New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
34.83° or 34° 49′ 48″ northLongitude of center
-106.48° or 106° 28′ 48″ westWikidata ID
Q5061505
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In Other Languages
From Italian to Vietnamese—“Central New Mexico” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Nuovo Messico centrale”
- Vietnamese: “Trung New Mexico”
- Vietnamese: “Trung Tân Mễ Tây Cơ”
- Vietnamese: “Trung Tân Mễ”
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