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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.

Xuanhan County, which belongs to Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, is located at the southern foot of Dabashan Mountain in the northeast of Sichuan Basin, between longitude 107 °22, longitude 108 °32, longitude 31 °06, latitude 31 °49, Chengkou County, Chongqing in the northeast, Kaizhou District, Chongqing in the east, Kaijiang County in the south, Dachuan District, Tongchuan District and Pingchang County in the west, and Wanyuan County in the north. Located in the joint of Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei and Shaanxi, it is a satellite city of Dazhou. The county seat is 32 kilometers away from Dazhou City and 42 kilometers from Dazhou Airport. Xiang-Yu Railway, Chongqing-Shaanxi Expressway and Dawan Expressway pass through the border, only 2.5 hours to Chongqing. Xuanhan County covers an area of 4271 square kilometers, 31 towns, 19 townships and 4 ethnic townships. In 2016, the total registered population was 1.3234 million (permanent resident population 1.0315 million).
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