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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.

Huocheng County: a county directly under Yili Prefecture, Xinjiang (in the former Yili area). Huocheng County is located in the open area of the northwest of Yili River Valley. It is a border county dominated by agriculture and the combination of agriculture and animal husbandry. The county is adjacent to Tianshan and Wenquan County of Bortala Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture in the north, across the river to the south, Yining to the east, and Horgos and Kazakhstan to the west. The boundary line is 183 kilometers long, with unique geographical advantages along the border, along the road, along the river and along the mountains. It is the west gate of China, the gateway to Yili and the "throat" to Central and West Asia and other countries. Huocheng County is 120km long from north to south and 85km wide from east to west, with a total area of 5460 square kilometers. Huocheng County has jurisdiction over 3 towns, 7 townships and 1 development zone, with a total population of 364000 (2013) and 29 ethnic groups. two
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