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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.

Xingping, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Province, administered by Xianyang City, is located in the middle of Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi Province, longitude 108 °17049 "~ 108o 37707" east, latitude 34 °12550 "~ 34 °260053" north, with a total area of 507.43 square kilometers. Xingping belongs to the warm temperate zone semi-humid semi-arid continental monsoon climate. It has the characteristics of rain and heat in the same season and four distinct seasons. As of 2018, Xingping has jurisdiction over 5 streets and 8 towns, and the municipal government is stationed in Dongcheng streets. As of 2018, the total registered population of Xingping was 556088 (excluding the population of Xixian New area). Xingping, formerly known as "Huai Li", was originally Xingping County. On June 18, 1993, Xingping was approved by the State Council to withdraw the county and set up a city. Xingping Xiwu Office, Fuzhai Town, Dongcheng Office part of the area belongs to Xianyang
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