• Albuquerque
  • Dingxi

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.

Dingxi is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province, located in central Gansu, commonly known as "Longzhong"; it is located in the confluence area of the Loess Plateau and West Qinling Mountains, with large ups and downs, vertical and horizontal mountains and different shapes; its climate type belongs to the south temperate zone semi-humid-mid-temperate zone semi-arid zone, the continental monsoon climate is obvious; the city's total area is 20330 square kilometers, under the jurisdiction of 1 district, 6 counties; 2018 resident population 2.8217 million. Dingxi is a national summer resort observation city, with more than 60 tourist attractions and tourist spots. Weiheyuan, Guiqing Mountain, Shade Mountain, Langdu Wetland grassland and Taohe tourist promenade are all places for summer leisure. Dingxi not only gave birth to Li culture, but also the intersection of prehistoric cultures such as Majiayao, Qijia, Siwa, Xindian and other prehistoric cultures and important calligraphy and painting in the country.
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