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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.

Jinchuan District, under the jurisdiction of Jinchang City, is located at the eastern end of Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province, the north of Jinchang City, the northern foot of Longshou Mountain, and the southern edge of Alashan platform, between longitude 101 °3440 "- 102 °3426" east and latitude 38 °2130 "- 39 °000030" north. It is bordered by Minqin County in the north and east, Yongchang County in the south, Alashan right Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous region in the northwest and Shandan County in the west, with a total area of 3019.14 square kilometers. Jinchuan District has jurisdiction over 2 towns, 6 streets, 27 administrative villages, 16 urban communities and 27 rural communities, with a total population of 231900 (2014), including 208700 non-agricultural people and 27 ethnic groups. In 2012, the region achieved a gross domestic product (GDP) of 191.
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