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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.

Xigu, Lanzhou area, located in the west gate of Lanzhou City, is the core industrial zone of Gansu Province and Lanzhou City, and the largest petrochemical base in western China. The region has a total area of 385 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 40 administrative villages, 8 streets and 70 communities in 5 towns and 1 township. In 2015, the region's GDP reached 29.781 billion yuan. Xigu District has become one of the areas with the densest factors of production in the western region. It has won the titles of "National Spark Program Advanced County", "National Science and Technology Progress County", "National Science Popularization demonstration District", "National Cultural Advanced County", "National Family Planning Advanced County and District", Gansu Province double support Model City "six consecutive championships" and so on.
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