Validation Challenge Workshop Facts About Albuquerque

Albuquerque - a place of contrasts, where rustic adobe homes adjoins gleaming steel office buildings. A city composed of both high desert mesas and a verdant river valley, it's bounded by the lands of native people and populated by people of multi-cultural heritage.

Population: 712,738 people live in the Greater Albuquerque Metropolitan Area with a projected populaton of 780,615 by 2005.

Sales Tax: Receipts tax on goods and service providers is 5.8125%. There is an additional 5% lodgers tax on hotels (totaling 10.8125%).On automobile rentals there is a combined tax (totaling roughly 24%)

Climate & Dress: Low humidy and warm temperatures make Albuquerque a four-season destination. Normal highs/lows and precipitation for July/August in Albuquerque range from 89°f/32°c to 93°f/34°c highs to 64°f/18°c lows and 1.37 in./3.48cm precipitation. Humidity is very low for this region. For the latest forcast please visit: http://www.wunderground.com/forecasts/ABQ.html

Altitude: Albuquerque is 5,280 feet (1 mile) above sea level and the mountains resorts reach altitudes of 8,000-10,000 ft above sea level.

For Albuquerque's official tourism information, please visit the Albquerque Convention and Visitor's Bureau online at http://www.abqcvb.org/.

Just minutes from the heart of Albuquerque, the world's longest aerial tramway lifts you to the breathtaking top of Sandia Peak.

Experience the drama of an 11,000 square mile panoramic view of New Mexico from the World's Longest Tramway. From the base to the top of 10,378 foot Sandia Peak, time and terrain seem to move in harmony as passengers lift from the desert floor, above canyons and lush forests, to the mountain top - 2.7 miles of sky-view travel and discovery of New Mexico's varied landscape and life zones. (http://www.sandiapeak.com/)