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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.

Yaozhou District, which belongs to Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province, is located on the southern edge of the Weibei Plateau in central Shaanxi, southwest of Tongchuan City, Xunyi County in the north, Sanyuan County in the south, Wangyi District and Yintai District in Tongchuan City in the northeast, Fuping County in the southeast and Chunhua County in the southwest. It is between 10834 miles east longitude and 109 degrees 06 east longitude and 34 degrees 48 miles north latitude and 35 degrees 19 degrees north latitude, with a total area of 1617 square kilometers. Yaozhou District, known as Yaoxian in ancient times, is the natural gateway from Guanzhong to northern Shaanxi, known as "Beishan lock key" and "Guanfu lapel throat". Yaozhou has a long history and profound cultural heritage. It used to be the ruler of Kangshi in ancient times, with a history of more than 2160 years. It was Sun Simiao, a medical scientist in the Sui and Tang dynasties, Fu Xuan, a philosopher in the Western Jin Dynasty, Liu Gongquan, a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, Linghu Deyi, a historian, and a landscape painter in the Northern Song Dynasty.
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