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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.

Hualong Hui Autonomous County is located in the transitional zone between the Loess Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the east of Qinghai Province and in the south of Haidong City. Is a Hui-based multi-ethnic county, a total of Hui, Han, Tibetan, Salar and other 12 ethnic groups. The county people's government is stationed in Bayan Town, 75 kilometers away from the provincial government. Linping Highway, Lehua Highway, Asai Highway, Zaha Highway, Ping-An Expressway and Yanguan Highway run through the county. Hualong Hui Autonomous County has a total area of 2740 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 18 townships. As of 2010, the total population is 229669. Located in the mountains and valleys on the north side of the Yellow River valley, the terrain tilts from northwest to southeast, and the Yellow River flows through the southwest and south of the county. It belongs to the eastern arid area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an average annual temperature of 2.2 ℃ and annual precipitation of 470mm.
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