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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.

Yuhu District, which belongs to Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, is one of the two urban areas of Xiangtan City, which is located on the bank of Xiangjiang River in central Hunan. The Yuhu District gets its name from the thousand-year-old scenic spot "Rain Lake" in the territory. It is the commercial, scientific, educational and cultural center of Xiangtan, the key area of "two-oriented" social construction of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration and the leading area of "two-oriented" social construction of Xiangtan city. As of 2018, Yuhu District has a total area of 451.39 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over eight streets, three towns and one township, with a total population of 520914 in 2016. In 2016, the Yuhu District completed a GDP of 59.254 billion yuan. Yuhu District is the birthplace of Xiangtan City, where Xiangtan County was relocated in the Song Dynasty. Because of the proximity to the Xiangjiang River, the water and land transportation is well developed; in the Yuhu District, there are Wanlou, Confucian Temple, Guan Sheng Dian, Luban Dian, Tangxing Temple and Qiu Jin's former residence.
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