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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.

Heshun County is under the jurisdiction of Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, facing Xingtai to the east, Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province to the west, Taijiu Expressway to the north, and Shangdang Basin to the south. The county is 75 kilometers long from east to west and 35 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 2250 square kilometers. By 2010, Heshun County has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 5 townships, 294 administrative villages, with an area of 308600 mu of arable land. Heshun has a long history, gave birth to the legend of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl", and is the hometown of Chinese Cowherd and Weaver Girl culture. After being named "the hometown of Chinese Cowherd and Weaver Girl Culture" by Chinese Folk artists Association in 2006, the Legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl was officially announced as the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council in 2008. In 2009, Heshun was named as "Shanxi Province's first batch of national traditional festivals (Qixi Festival) demonstration and protection". two
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