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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.

Xianyang, a prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province, is the capital of China's first feudal dynasty "Qin Empire". It is located in the hinterland of Qinchuan, eight hundred miles in Shaanxi Province. Xianyang is the origin of China, bordering the provincial capital Xi'an in the east, Yangling Agricultural High-tech Industry demonstration Zone in the west and Gansu in the northwest. It has jurisdiction over 2 districts, 2 cities and 9 counties, with a total area of 10189.4 square kilometers (644.56 square kilometers of its Western and Western New District is entrusted by Xi'an, not including Yangling District). At the end of 2017, the city's resident population was 4.376 million, and the population of the central urban area was 915000, ranking third in Shaanxi Province, second only to Xi'an and Baoji. Xianyang is China's first-class open city, a national historical and cultural city, a national model city with double support, and national health.
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