• Albuquerque
  • Daofu County

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.

Daofu County belongs to Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, which is located in the northwest of Sichuan Province and northeast of Ganzi Prefecture. The geographic coordinates are 100 °32 degrees east longitude and 101 °44 degrees east longitude, and 30 °32 'north latitudes. The Xianshuihe fault zone, located on the southeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is bordered by Danba in the east, Xinlong County in the west, Kangding County and Yajiang County in the south, and Jinchuan and Rangtang Counties in Luhuo and Aba Prefecture in the north. Daofu County covers an area of 7053 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 4 towns and 18 townships. At the end of 2011, the registered population was 55290, with a natural population growth rate of 7.22 ‰ and a birth rate of 11.37 ‰. The regional GDP of Daofu County in 2011 was 483 million yuan, an increase of 13% over 2010, and the per capita disposable income of urban residents reached 12773 yuan.
Travel Notes In Daofu County