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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.

Dabancheng District, which belongs to Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is under the jurisdiction of Urumqi City; it is located at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain, the southern section of Junggar Basin, the southern suburbs of Urumqi, Dawan Township and Tori Township to the west, Turpan City and Toksun County to the southeast, Lucaogou Township and Fukang City and Jimusar County to the north, and Tiange Mountain in the middle of Tianshan Mountains to the south. As of 2010, Dabancheng District has a total population of 63000, mainly Han, Hui, Kazak and Uygur, with ethnic minorities accounting for 42.8% of the total population. In 2010, the regional GDP was 1.683 billion yuan, an increase of 12.1% over the same period last year; local revenue was 347 million yuan, an increase of 63% over 2009; and fixed asset investment was 567 million yuan, an increase of 17.2% over 2009
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