• Albuquerque
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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.

Daocheng County is located in the southwest edge of Sichuan Province, in the south of Ganzi Prefecture. Located in the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, east of the Hengduan Mountains. Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture belongs to Kangba Tibetan area. Daocheng County spans 27 °58 N & #39;~29 °30 & #39;, 99 °56 E & #39;~100 °36 & #39;, 174km from north to south and 63km from east to west, bordering Jiulong County in the east, Xiangcheng County in the west, Litang County in the north, Muli Tibetan Autonomous County in the south and Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan in the southwest. By the end of 2011, Daocheng County had an area of 7323 square kilometers, including 12 townships, 2 towns, 2 communities and 124. at the end of 2011, the total population was 32450, including Tibetans.
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