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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.

Lanzhou, referred to as "Lanzhou" or "Gao", or Jincheng in ancient times, is the capital of Gansu Province, an important industrial base and comprehensive transportation hub in northwest China approved by the State Council, one of the important central cities in the western region, and an important node city of the Silk Road Economic Belt. By 2018, the city had jurisdiction over five districts and three counties, with a total area of 13100 square kilometers, a built-up area of 321.75 square kilometers, a resident population of 3.7536 million, an urban population of 3.0415 million, and a urbanization rate of 81.03%. Lanzhou is located in northwest China and the central part of Gansu Province. It is located in the geometric center of the land territory of the Chinese mainland. It is a comprehensive transportation hub of railways, highways and aviation in Northwest China. It is also the headquarters of the army organs in the western theater of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. It is also the new Eurasian continental bridge.
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