• Albuquerque
  • Derong

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.

Derong County, which belongs to Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, is located in 99 °07 east longitude and 29 °10 'north latitude. Located in the southwest of Sichuan Province, it is located in the middle of the Great Shangri-La Tourism Ring at the junction of Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet. Derong County belongs to the dry valley of the Jinsha River, which is connected with Batang and Xiangcheng County of Ganzi Prefecture in the north, Shangri-La County of Diqing Prefecture of Yunnan Province in the southeast and Deqin County of Diqing Prefecture of Yunnan Province in the southwest. It is 670km away from the state capital Kangding, 1040 km away from Chengdu (Kangding direction), and about 1477 km from Yunnan to Chengdu. In 2017, Derong County has an area of 2916 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 9 townships, including 127villages, 3 communities and 251natural villages. By the end of 2017, Derong County has a total population of 25859.
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