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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.

Xi'an, known as Chang'an and Jiajing in ancient times, is the capital of Shaanxi Province, the vice-provincial city, the core city of Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration, the starting point of the Silk Road, the core area of "Belt and Road Initiative" and an important central city in western China. It is an important national scientific research, education and industrial base. The "historic city of the world" identified by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 1981. Located in the middle of Guanzhong Plain, it is bordered by the Weihe River in the north, Qinling Mountains in the south and Chang'an in Bashui. Under its jurisdiction, 11 districts and 2 counties are in charge of Xixian New District, with a total area of 10752 square kilometers, with a resident population of 10.0037 million at the end of 2018 and a urbanization rate of 74.01%. The annual gross domestic product of the region is 834.986 billion yuan. Xi'an is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation. In history, more than ten dynasties have established their capitals here.
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