• Albuquerque
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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.

Kangle County, which belongs to Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, is located in the transition zone from Loess Plateau to Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with a total area of 1083 square kilometers, with an average elevation of 2000 meters and a total area of 1083 square kilometers. It is bordered by Lintao County and Weiyuan County in Dingxi City in the east, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture and Zheng County in the west, Lintan County and Zhuoni County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the south, and Guanghe County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in the north. Kangle County has Lianhuashan National Forest Park, Yao Shuixia Forest Park, Bamboo ditch, Peony Valley, West Honeycomb Temple, Line House and other scenic spots. According to the official website in July 2019, Kangle County has a total population of 277700, including Hui, Han, Dongxiang, Baoan, Salar, Tu, Tibetan, Mongolian and Kazakh nationalities.
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