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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.

Taicang City, a county-level city hosted by Suzhou City in Jiangsu Province, is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, on the south bank of the Yangtze River Estuary. It is bordered by the Yangtze River to the east, across the river from Chongming District, Baoshan District and Jiading District of Shanghai to the south, Kunshan City to the west and Changshu City to the north. The total area of the city is 823 square kilometers, the water area of the Yangtze River is 143.97 square kilometers, and the land area is 665.96 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 1 street, 6 towns and Taicang Port Economic Development Zone. Taicang culture belongs to Wu Yue culture, Taicang people belong to Jiangsu and Zhejiang people, and use Wu language. Taicang, as the nearest city to Shanghai, has formed the "co-city effect" of geographical proximity, popularity, economic integration and language and culture in Shanghai for a long time. Taicang is close to Shanghai and becomes the "back garden" of Shanghai. Taicang belongs to the subtropical monsoon area with four distinct seasons.
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