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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.

Loudi is an important prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province, located in the center of Hunan Geography, the permanent host of Hunan Expo, an important industrial city of Hunan, Hunan energy, regional circulation node city, and strategic reserve base of raw materials. it is an important part of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration, and is known as the "Pearl of Central Hunan". It has jurisdiction over 3 counties and 2 cities, including Louxing District, Lengshuijiang City, Lianyuan City, Shuangfeng County and Xinhua County, with a total area of 8117 square kilometers. According to legend, among the 28 stars in the sky, "Lou Xing" and "Luo Xing" reflect each other here, hence the name. Loudi is the hometown of Chiyou, one of the three ancestors of the Chinese nation who is respected by later generations as the "god of war". It is one of the main birthplaces of Huxiang culture, including Meishan Dragon Palace, Zeng Guofan's former residence, Ziqujie terraces and Mejiang National Geopark.
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