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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.

Wusu City is located in the northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, adjoining Karamay City, Kuitun City and Shawan County in the east, Nilke County in the south, Jinghe County in the west and Tori County in the north. The total area of the city is 14393.94 square kilometers, with a total population of 230000 (2012). There are Kazakh, Han, Uygur, Hui, Mongolian and other ethnic groups. It has jurisdiction over 5 streets, 10 towns and 7 townships (including 2 ethnic townships). Wusu was once the territory of the Heshuote tribe of Mongolia, and the Mongolian word "Kurkarawusu", which means "snow and black water", was included in the territory of the motherland as early as the Western Han Dynasty, and later troops were stationed here in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Since the early years of the Qing Dynasty, there has been a prosperous ancient post station located on the shore of Xiushui. Court officials and merchants who come and go from east to west
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