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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.

Songpan County is a county under the jurisdiction of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. Located on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, northeast of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, with an administrative area of 8486 square kilometers and a population of 74945 (2015), it has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 22 townships, and the county people's government is stationed in Jin'an Town. Songpan County has a long history. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Songpan got its name by setting up "Songzhou Wei", "Pan Zhou Wei" and "Song Pan Wei" successively. In 1913, the Songpan Zhili Hall was changed to Songpan County, and the county-level construction has been used ever since. Songpan County has developed traffic, and the western line of the "Nine Ring Road" runs through the whole county along the Minjiang River. Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport is only 25 kilometers south from the county seat. The natural landscape is complex and diverse, complete in categories and numerous in quantity. Has Huanglong, Munigou, Songpan ancient city and other scenic spots. 2016, Song
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