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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.

Xunhua Salar Autonomous County is located in the east of Qinghai Province, the eastern section of the Qilian Mountains, bordering Jishishan County of Gansu Province and Linxia County of Gansu Province to the east, Xiahe County of Gansu Province and Tongren County of Qinghai Province to the south, Jianzha County to the west, and Hualong Hui Autonomous County and Minhe Hui Autonomous County of Qinghai Province to the north, with a total area of 2100 square kilometers. As of 2011, there are 3 towns and 6 townships in the county with a total population of 126900. Xunhua Salar Autonomous County is located on the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is high in the south and low in the north, surrounded by mountains and valleys, and the air current picks up. The annual average temperature is 8.7 ℃. With the global temperature rising in the past decade, the annual average temperature is more than 9 ℃. There is no heat in summer and no cold in winter. With an average elevation of 2200 meters, it is one of the lower elevations in Qinghai Province. Mean sea in river valley area
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