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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.

Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, which belongs to Zhangye City, Gansu Province, is the only Yugur Autonomous County in China, located in the middle of Hexi Corridor and at the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains. It is 650km long from east to west and 120,200km wide from north to south, with a total area of 23800 square kilometers (2014). With a population of 37579 (2014), Sunan Yugur Autonomous County completed a GDP of 2.814 billion yuan in 2013. There are Qifeng Wenshu Temple Scenic spot, Minghua Township Tourism Scenic spot, Huangcheng Scenic spot, Horseshoe Temple Scenic spot and other famous scenic spots. Sunan Yugur Autonomous County has successively won "National Minority Family Planning Advanced Unit", "National Forest Fire Prevention Advanced Unit", provincial "civilized County", "Sanitary County", "double support Model City" and "National Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Advanced".
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