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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.

Butuo County, which belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, is located in the southwest edge of Sichuan Province, the Jinsha River Basin in the southeast of Liangshan Prefecture, between longitude 102 °43'E and latitude 27 °16'N, with a total area of 1685 square kilometers. Butuo County belongs to the subtropical climate region of northern Yunnan, and the climate is greatly affected by the monsoon. As of 2018, Butuo County has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 27 townships, and the county government is stationed in Temuri Town. The total population is 215800. Butuo, also known as Gilabute, is the transliteration of "Bute" in Yi language. "Butuo" refers to hedgehog and "special" refers to pine tree. It means "where there are hedgehogs and pine trees". It is the inhabited county of Adu of the Yi nationality. Butuo County was established in 1952, withdrew the county and went to Puge County in 1960, and resumed the establishment of the county in 1962. Butuo County
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