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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.

Songxi County (ancient belongs to Songxi County of Jianning Prefecture) belongs to Nanping City, Fujian Province, located at the junction of Fujian and Zhejiang, to the southeast of Wuyi Mountain. In ancient times, there are many Qiao pines along both sides of the river, which is known as "Baili Pine Yinbi Changxi", hence the name of Songxi County. Songxi County has a total area of 1043 square kilometers and a total population of 168000 in 2016. It is 48 kilometers east to Qingyuan County, 27 kilometers southeast to Zhenghe County, 107 kilometers west to Jianyang County, and 75 kilometers north to Pucheng County. Songxi County has jurisdiction over 1 street, 2 towns and 6 townships. Songxi County was named "the hometown of Chinese Folk printmaking Art" by the Ministry of Culture in May 2000. On July 22, 2016, Songxi County passed the examination and acceptance of the national ecological county of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and became the first national ecological county in northern Fujian.
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