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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.

Dari County, under the jurisdiction of Guoluo Prefecture, Qinghai Province, is located in the southeast of Qinghai Province and in the south of Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture at the junction of Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces. It is bordered by Jiuzhi County in the east, Banma County in the southeast, Seda County in Sichuan Province in the south, Shiqu County in Sichuan Province in the southwest, Maduo County in the northwest, and Maqin and Gande counties in the north across the Yellow River. The county has a total area of 16466 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 9 townships, 1 town, 33 animal husbandry committees, 109 animal husbandry cooperatives and 1 poverty alleviation association, with a total population of more than 30, 000 people (2013). Dari County, with an average elevation of more than 4200 meters above sea level, belongs to an alpine and semi-humid climate, and is one of the natural ecological protection and management areas of the "three Rivers Source". At the same time, it is also an important commodity in Guoluo Prefecture, second only to the location of the prefecture (Dawu), the distribution center of Chinese and Tibetan medicinal materials and Qingchuan Jiao.
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