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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.

Dangxiong, which means "selected grassland" in Tibetan, belongs to the Tibet Autonomous region and is located in the middle of the Tibet Autonomous region at the junction of southern and northern Tibet. It covers an area of 10036 square kilometers (2013) Dangxiong County has a plateau continental climate, with 2881 hours of annual sunshine. The annual precipitation is 481 mm. The gale above level 8 can reach 74 days a year. Up to 128 days. The main natural disasters are snow disasters, followed by wind disasters, drought, insect disasters, rodent disasters and so on. From January to June 2014, Dangxiong County's tourism revenue was 14.41 million yuan, an increase of 27.31 percent over the same period last year; it received 145698 tourists, an increase of 44.61 percent over the same period last year. In October 2018, the people's Government of Tibet Autonomous region formally approved Dangxiong County to withdraw from poverty-stricken counties (districts).
Travel Sights In Damxung County
Travel Notes In Damxung County
Holy Elephant Tianmen Shocking Mysterious Realm in the Sky--Westward in 2019, Autumn is Boundless
Speaking of "Namtso" in Tibet, no one who has been to Lhasa knows that this scenic spot is a must-see place. Namtso is 240 kilometers away from Lhasa,
[Qinghai-Tibet Plateau] Tianhu Namtso
The morning sun moves the clouds to play with the mountains, and the breeze chases the waves to frighten the birds. Read Qingbo under Nianqing Mountai
Early winter Tibet (3. Namtso-Shigatse)
In order to see the sunrise of Namtso, we set off from Lhasa at three o'clock in the morning. The driver is the boss of this company - Brother Liu. He
Namtso: Jane Jing outlines "holy lake, god lake and sky lake"
Namtso is ranked third among the "China's Most Beautiful Five Lakes" by the "Expert Society Group" of the National Geographic of China in the "Beauty