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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.

Shawan County, the eastern gate of Tacheng area, is located in the middle of the northern foot of Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang and the southern edge of Junggar Basin, under the jurisdiction of Tacheng area, with Shihezi City in the east, Hejing County in the south, Kuitun City and Dushanzi District in the west, and Karamay City in the north. Shawan County covers an area of 13100 square kilometers, with a total population of 216435 (2012). It is composed of 30 ethnic groups, including Han, Kazak, Hui and Uygur, and has jurisdiction over 9 towns, 3 townships, 5 agricultural and animal husbandry and forestry farms, 2 management offices and 250 village teams. Shawan County has successively won the titles of more than 20 state-level advanced counties, including scientific and technological progress, culture and sports, civil affairs, and more than 30 autonomous district-level advanced counties, such as the construction of grass-roots organizations, investment attraction, employment and re-employment, and has won eight consecutive autonomous region civilized counties and two Chinese civilized counties. two hundred and one
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