• 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.

Qingshen County, which belongs to Meishan City, Sichuan Province, is located in the southwest of Chengdu Plain, bordering Dongpo District in the north, Leshan in the south and Emei in the west. Now it has jurisdiction over Qingcheng Town, Nancheng Town, Heilongjiang Town, Xilong Town and other seven towns and three townships. Qingshen County has a total area of 386square kilometers and a resident population of 197029. The county government office is located in Qingcheng town. In 2017, Qingshen County achieved a GDP of 7.46 billion yuan. Qingshen is the hometown of Silkworm Cong, the first king of Shu, and is known as "Southern Silk Road", "Little Emei of Minjiang Ancient Waterway", "Su Shi's second hometown", "hometown of Ponkan in China" and "hometown of Chinese Bamboo Weaving Art".
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