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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.

Keping County, in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, Keping was called Keping by the Han nationality and Ke'erping in Uygur language. It was not until 1903 when Fenfangxian was established as Keping, and it has been used ever since. Keping, which is said to mean "flood" or "Diwo Zi". Keping County is located in southern Xinjiang, the westernmost end of Aksu area, the southern foot of Altag Mountains, a branch of Tianshan Mountains, and the northern margin of Tarim Basin. The total area of the county is 12047 square kilometers, of which the mountain area is 6393 square kilometers, accounting for 53% of the total area of the county. The county has jurisdiction over one town and four townships, with a total population of 49000 in 2013. In 2012, the GDP of Keping County reached 672 million yuan, an increase of 21.8% over the same period in 2011.
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