Sandoval County, NM
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Sandoval County anchors the northern Albuquerque metro and is home to Rio Rancho — New Mexico's fourth-largest city and a significant high-tech manufacturing hub (Intel's Rio Rancho campus). The county seat is the town of Bernalillo, where the Thirteenth Judicial District Court sits. Sandoval County also contains substantial Pueblo lands (Sandia, Santa Ana, San Felipe, Zia, Jemez, Cochiti Pueblos) producing distinctive tribal-law interactions. The economy combines technology, manufacturing, and residential growth.