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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.

Shangli County is located in the west of Jiangxi Province and the north of Pingxiang City. It is bordered by Yichun City and Luxi County, Jiangxi Province to the east, Anyuan Economic Development Zone and Heyao Town in East Hunan to the south, Pukou and Fuli Town in Liling City, Hunan Province to the west, and Dayao Town and Wenjia Town in Liuyang City to the north. The county is 45 kilometers long from north to south and 25 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of 720.91 square kilometers. The total population is 480000 (2011), of which 43000 are non-agricultural. Shangli County has more than 10 kinds of minerals, such as coal, lead, iron, gold, copper, sulfur, zinc, phosphorus and porcelain clay, especially coal and porcelain clay, with reserves of more than 80 million tons of coal and 15 million tons of lead. Shangli County gave birth to firecracker ancestor Li Gong, talented scholar Liu Fenghao, historian Li Youtang, and the first provincial party secretary of Jiangxi Province Zhang Guoshu.
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