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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.

Wen County, which belongs to Longnan City, Gansu Province, gets its name from the text of ancient Wenzhou. It is located at the southernmost tip of Gansu Province and at the border with Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces. It is located in the Qinba Mountains and is the south gate of Gansu Province. Wen County has jurisdiction over 14 towns, 5 townships and 1 nationality township, with a total area of 4994 square kilometers, a total population of 244765 and a resident population of 228600 (2017). Wenxian County is located in the West Qinling Mountains and the southern Qinling Mountains, with an elevation of 550m to 4187 meters above sea level. It is a subtropical mountain climate with no heat in summer and no severe cold in winter. It is known as "Longshang Jiangnan" and "Xishuangbanna of Gansu". It has Wenxian Tianchi National Forest Park and Wenxian Huanglingou National Wetland Park. Wen County is also known as "the hometown of giant pandas", and the number of giant pandas accounts for about the number of giant pandas in the country.
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