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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.

Yunxian, under the jurisdiction of Lincang City, Yunnan Province, is located in the southwest of Yunnan Province and at the junction of Dali, Pu'er and Lincang; it is a mountainous and semi-mountainous county with a low-latitude plateau subtropical monsoon climate and warm temperate monsoon climate; the total area is 3760 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 7 towns and 5 townships, and the permanent population is 466700 in 2018. Yunxian County is the north gate of Lincang area and the vast hinterland of Yunnan Province. The Lancang River, high mountains, river valleys and hot dams form a special three-dimensional climate and natural scenery. There are Great Snow Mountains, Dabing Mountain primeval forests, Nago River, Wenzhu River, Nayu River, River Valley Hot Springs and so on. There are also cultural relics and cultural landscapes such as bronze drums, bronze spears, Yuan Ming pottery, Maolan Chang'an Bridge, County Writing Pagoda, ancient mosques and magnificent Dawu temples. 2018
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