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Albuquerque (/ ˈ æ l b ə ˌ k ɜːr k i / AL-bə-kur-kee; Spanish: [alβuˈkeɾke]), abbreviated as ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its 1706 founding by Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés as La Villa de Alburquerque.
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