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Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about 151 sq mi (390 km2) near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's population as of the 2020 census was 403,455, making it the 48th-most populous city in the United States of America and the 9th-most populous city in California. The Bakersfield–Delano Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Kern County, had a 2020 census population of 909,235, making it the 62nd-largest metropolitan area in the United States. The more built-up portion of the metro area that includes Bakersfield and areas immediately around the city, such as East Bakersfield, Oildale, and Rosedale, has a population of 523,994.

Bakersfield is a significant hub for both agriculture and energy production. Kern County is the most productive oil-producing county in California and the fourth-most productive agricultural county (by value) in the United States. Industries in and around Bakersfield include natural gas and other energy extraction, mining, petroleum refining, distribution, food processing, and corporate regional offices. The city is the birthplace of the country music genre known as the Bakersfield sound.

Changning County, which belongs to Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, is located in the west of Yunnan Province. In 1933, it was established by Baoshan Yongchang and Shunning Fengqing. Changning County is connected to Fengqing County to the east, Longyang District and Shidian County to the west, Yongde County to the south and Yongping County to the north, and Weishan County to the north. As of 2017, Changning County has jurisdiction over 9 towns and 4 townships, with a total area of 3888 square kilometers and a registered population of 353786. In 2017, the annual gross domestic product (GDP) of Changning County was 10.3618 billion yuan. In October 2017, Changning County was named the National Garden County by the Ministry of Housing and Construction. On April 30, 2019, the people's Government of Yunnan Province decided that Changning County would withdraw from the sequence of poor counties. On February 2, 2019, by the State Administration of traditional Chinese Medicine
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