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1356:Cedar Crest
1267:Albuquerque
1249:Albuquerque
1242:County seat
1139:January 31,
1092:January 28,
918:October 12,
879:October 12,
809:Roy Tackett
803:José Sarria
745:other races
394:Description
388:2010 Census
158: /
146:106°38′47″W
1560:Categories
1272:Rio Rancho
1037:January 4,
860:References
718:As of the
532:architect
429:Rio Grande
404:Rio Grande
384:New Mexico
352:feature ID
260:Population
217:Bernalillo
205:New Mexico
143:35°10′20″N
1522:Footnotes
1467:Cañoncito
820:Education
813:Bubonicon
794:John Ryan
565:Geography
450:Algodones
340:FIPS code
328:Area code
316:ZIP codes
282:Time zone
252:Elevation
1314:Villages
1303:Edgewood
1167:July 20,
1065:Archived
832:See also
749:Hispanic
739:, 0.06%
735:, 0.71%
731:, 1.55%
727:, 0.49%
530:Santa Fe
514:railroad
498:alkaline
494:flooding
461:Coronado
444:(called
412:Corrales
344:35-43930
1462:Alameda
1437:Sedillo
1366:Chilili
1351:Carnuel
1327:Tijeras
1114:June 4,
950:May 27,
723:81.60%
418:History
360:Website
355:2413568
172:Country
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1397:Paa-Ko
1376:Isleta
1345:Barton
1259:Cities
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1361:Cedro
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725:White
707:−2.5%
702:5,874
692:18.3%
687:6,024
677:28.7%
672:5,092
662:44.3%
657:3,955
647:44.3%
642:2,741
627:1,900
551:annex
510:Anglo
446:Tigua
442:Tiwas
435:from
433:maize
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268:5,874
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