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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.

Fu'an City (ancient Fu'an County, Funing County) belongs to Ningde City, which is located in the northeast of Fujian Province. It is located in the southeast slope of Jiufeng Mountains, the southwest of Taimai Mountains and the southeast extension of Donggong Mountains, and the geographical location is between 26 °41 °N and 27 °24'N and 119 °52'E longitude. The administrative area is 1880.1 square kilometers. It is bordered by Zherong County in the east, Zhouning County in the west, Shouning County in the north and Ningde City in the south. Fu'an City has a warm and humid climate, which belongs to the mid-subtropical marine monsoon climate. The average annual temperature is 13.6 ℃ ~ 19.8 ℃, the annual rainfall is 1350 ~ 2050mm, and the average frost-free period is 287days. The resident population is 574500 (at the end of 2016), with 13 towns, 5 townships and 4 streets, and 2 provinces.
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