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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.

Shapotou District (Zhongwei City), which belongs to Zhongwei City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, is located in the central and western part of Ningxia, between 104 °17-#39;-106 °10-#39; east longitude and 36 °06-#39;-37 °50-#39; north latitude. It is bordered by Zhongning County in the east, Tongxin County, Haiyuan County and Jingyuan County in Gansu Province in the south, Jingtai County in Gansu Province in the west, and Alashan left Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous region in the north. The territory is 115.3 kilometers long from east to west and 81.4 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 5922.4 square kilometers. The total population is 403200 (2015). In 2011, the total industrial output value of Shapotou District reached 6.65 billion yuan, an increase of 16.4% over 2010.
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