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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.

Yongchang County, which belongs to Jinchang City, Gansu Province, is located in the northwest of Gansu Province, in the east of Hexi Corridor, the northern foot of Qilian Mountain and the southern edge of Alashan platform. It is bordered by Wuwei to the east, Jinchuan to the north, Shandan to the west and Sunan to the south. The geographical coordinates are 101 °04 east longitude 102 °43 mi, 37 °47 mi 38 °39'N. The longest distance from east to west is 144.8 km, and the widest distance from north to south is 144.55 km, with a total area of 7439.27 square kilometers. As of 2014, Yongchang County has jurisdiction over 6 towns and 4 townships, with a total of 111administrative villages, 917 village groups and 10 communities, with a total population of 235300 (by the end of 2017), mainly Han nationality, and ethnic minorities such as Mongolian, Hui and Pan. In 2017, Yongchang County realized the regional gross domestic product.
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