Located in the Albuquerque Basin, the city is flanked by the Sandia Mountains to the east and the West Mesa to the west, with the Rio Grande and bosque flowing north-to-south through the middle of the city. In 2006 the city celebrated its 300th anniversary. Named in honor of the Viceroy of New Spain, the 10th Duke of Alburquerque, the city was an outpost on El Camino Real linking Mexico City to the northernmost territories of New Spain. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in 1706 as La Villa de Alburquerque by Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés. Albuquerque ( / ˈ æ l b ə ˌ k ɜːr k i/ ( listen) AL-bə-kur-kee Spanish: ), abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S.
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