• Albuquerque
  • Baiyin

Albuquerque (/ˈælbəkɜːrki/ (listen) AL-bə-kur-kee; Spanish: [alβuˈkeɾke]),[a] abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. 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. 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.

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 from north-to-south. According to the 2020 census, Albuquerque had 564,559 residents, making it the 32nd-most populous city in the United States and the fourth largest in the Southwest. It is the principal city of the Albuquerque metropolitan area, which had 916,528 residents as of July 2020, and forms part of the Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Las Vegas combined statistical area, which numbers 1,162,523 as of January 2020.

Albuquerque is a hub for technology and media companies, historic landmarks, and the fine arts. The city is known for hosting the University of New Mexico, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, the Gathering of Nations, the New Mexico State Fair, as well as for its diverse restaurant scene, which features both New Mexican cuisine and cuisines from around the world.

Baiyin, prefecture-level city of Gansu Province. Located in the middle of Gansu Province, located in the transitional zone between the Loess Plateau and Tengger Desert, most of the territory is mountainous, mountainous and wide valley plain coexist; it is the transition zone from mid-temperate semi-arid zone to arid zone. The city has a total area of 21158.7 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 2 districts and 3 counties. By the end of 2018, Baiyin had a resident population of 1.7342 million, an increase of 4900 over the end of last year. Baiyin City is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and the middle of Gansu Province, located in the confluence zone of the ancient Silk Road and the Yellow River, connecting the desert to the north, Qinghai and Tibet to the south, the Central Plains to the east and the western region to the west, 69 kilometers away from the provincial capital Lanzhou and 46 kilometers away from Zhongchuan Airport. It is a strategic channel connecting the subcontinental bridge, a transportation corridor and an energy logistics channel to countries along the Silk Road. The territory of Baiyin
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