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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.

Tongchuan is a municipality under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Province, which is located in the junction zone of central Shaanxi Province, Guanzhong Basin and Northern Shaanxi Plateau, adjacent to Yan'an, Weinan and Xianyang. Tongchuan is a continental monsoon climate with four distinct seasons and obvious monthly changes in air temperature. the area is 3882 square kilometers, and the city has jurisdiction over three districts and one county. In 2017, the city's resident population was 833400. Tongchuan has convenient transportation, which is an important part of the Guanzhong economic belt, and it is a necessary place leading to the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor and Yan'an, the holy place of revolution. Tongchuan New area is 68 kilometers away from Xi'an and 72 kilometers away from Xi'an Xianyang International Airport. Xi'an-Huangling Expressway passes through the border, and the two branch railways of Xiantong and Meiqi are connected with the Longhai artery. In 2017, Tongchuan achieved a GDP of 34.859 billion yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry
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