• Bakersfield
  • Daofu County

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.

Daofu County belongs to Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, which is located in the northwest of Sichuan Province and northeast of Ganzi Prefecture. The geographic coordinates are 100 °32 degrees east longitude and 101 °44 degrees east longitude, and 30 °32 'north latitudes. The Xianshuihe fault zone, located on the southeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is bordered by Danba in the east, Xinlong County in the west, Kangding County and Yajiang County in the south, and Jinchuan and Rangtang Counties in Luhuo and Aba Prefecture in the north. Daofu County covers an area of 7053 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 4 towns and 18 townships. At the end of 2011, the registered population was 55290, with a natural population growth rate of 7.22 ‰ and a birth rate of 11.37 ‰. The regional GDP of Daofu County in 2011 was 483 million yuan, an increase of 13% over 2010, and the per capita disposable income of urban residents reached 12773 yuan.
Travel Notes In Daofu County