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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.

Aksai Kazakh Autonomous County (Aksai County for short) belongs to Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, and is located at the confluence of Gansu, Qinghai and Xinjiang provinces (regions). It is the only ethnic minority autonomous county with Kazak as the main body in Gansu Province. it is also one of the three Kazak autonomous counties in the people's Republic of China. Aksai County has a total area of 31000 square kilometers, with an average elevation of 3200 meters, and has jurisdiction over 2 townships and 1 town. Aksai County is home to 11 ethnic groups, including Kazakh, Han, Hui, Uygur, Salar and Tibetan, with a total population of more than 10600 (2014), of which more than 3700 are Kazakh (2014), accounting for 34.8% of the total population. The available grassland area of the county is 14.8 million mu, and the normal annual livestock carrying capacity is 189000 sheep units. Major rivers in Aksai County
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