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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.

Zizhong County, which belongs to Neijiang City, Sichuan Province, is located in the middle of Sichuan Basin, the middle reaches of Tuojiang River, with latitude 29 °34'~ 30 °24 'north and longitude 104 °27' ~ 105 °07 'east. It is adjacent to Anyue County of Ziyang City and Dongxing District of Neijiang City to the east, to the south of Neijiang City and Weiyuan County, Renshou County and Weiyuan County of Meishan City to the west, and Yanjiang District of Ziyang City to the north. 143 kilometers away from Chengdu and 197 kilometers away from Chongqing, it is one of the first 27 powerful counties in Sichuan. Zizhong County covers an area of 1733.96 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 22 towns. at the end of 2016, the county's total registered population was 1.2791 million. In 2016, the county's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 25.594 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1 percent over 2015. The territory is affected by rock strata and the topography is in the west.
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