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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.

Maoxian is a county under the jurisdiction of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. it is located in the southwest of Sichuan Province and on the southeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the southeast of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. The geographical coordinates are longitude 102 °56 "104 °10" east and latitude 31 °25 "32 °16". It spans the alpine valleys of the upper reaches of the Minjiang River and the Fujiang River, 116.62 kilometers from east to west, 93.73 kilometers from north to south, and an area of 3903.28 square kilometers. As of 2012, Maoxian has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 18 townships, a total of 149 administrative villages and 3 neighborhood committees, with a total population of about 110000. It is the largest Qiang inhabited county in China. In addition to the Qiang nationality, 17 ethnic groups such as Han, Tibetan and Hui also live in the territory. On July 31, 2018, the Sichuan Provincial Government approved the withdrawal of Maoxian from the poverty-stricken county preface.
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