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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.

Guangyuan City, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province, borders Gansu Province and Shaanxi Province in the north; Nanchong City in the south; Mianyang City in the west; Bazhong City in the east; on the northern edge of Sichuan, the mountain is in the transition zone to the basin, belonging to the subtropical humid monsoon climate; the city has a total area of 16314 square kilometers, with 3 districts and 4 counties under its jurisdiction; and there are 3.0262 million registered residents in 2017. Guangyuan City has been an important passageway into Sichuan since ancient times. It is the old place of Guo, the fortress of entering Shu, and the important town of the three Kingdoms. Guangyuan has a profound cultural heritage, especially the bright red gene handed down from generation to generation. Guangyuan is the concentrated display of pre-Qin ancient plank road culture and Chinese Shu road culture, the core corridor of the history and culture of the three Kingdoms, and the birthplace of the only female emperor Wu Zetian in Chinese history. It is also the core area of the former Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet area and the later stage of the Red fourth Front Army.
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