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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.

Xiahe County is a county under the jurisdiction of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province, named after the Daxia River. Xiahe County is located in the northwest of Gannan Prefecture, adjacent to Cooperative City and Luqu County in the east and south, Linxia State and Xunhua County and Tongren County in Qinghai to the north, and Zeku County in Qinghai to the west. By 2016, the resident population of Xiahe County was 89500, of which the urban population was 19596. As of 2018, Xiahe County has jurisdiction over 8 towns, 5 townships and 3 township-level units, and the county government is stationed in Labrang Town. In 2017, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Xiahe County reached 1.558 billion yuan, down 3.6 percent from 2016. Of this total, the completed added value of the primary industry was 514 million yuan, up 6.0% over the same period last year; the completed added value of the secondary industry was 122 million yuan, down 10% from the same period last year; and the tertiary industry completed an increase.
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