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Rio Grande; inc. 1890. The largest city in the
state, it is the commercial, industrial, and transportation
center for a rich timber, livestock, and farm area. It has lumber
mills, food-processing plants, and varied industries. Kirtland
Air Force Base, a special-weapons center, and Isleta pueblo
(with its casino) are to the south. Sandia National Laboratories,
a U.S. Dept. of Energy installation established (1949) to carry
out nuclear research and weapons development and now a center
for electronic and industrial research, is located at Kirtland.
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| Spanish settlers arrived in the mid-1600s but were repelled
(1680) in the Pueblo revolt. The old town was founded in 1706
and named for the viceroy of New Spain, the duke of Alburquerque.
The new town, platted in 1880 as the Santa Fe Railroad extended
westward, soon enveloped the old town. The city grew rapidly
after World War II and its metropolitan area is today one of
the fastest expanding in the United States; it attracts many
high-technology industries, such as lasers, data processing,
and solar energy. |
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