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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.

Derong County, which belongs to Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, is located in 99 °07 east longitude and 29 °10 'north latitude. Located in the southwest of Sichuan Province, it is located in the middle of the Great Shangri-La Tourism Ring at the junction of Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet. Derong County belongs to the dry valley of the Jinsha River, which is connected with Batang and Xiangcheng County of Ganzi Prefecture in the north, Shangri-La County of Diqing Prefecture of Yunnan Province in the southeast and Deqin County of Diqing Prefecture of Yunnan Province in the southwest. It is 670km away from the state capital Kangding, 1040 km away from Chengdu (Kangding direction), and about 1477 km from Yunnan to Chengdu. In 2017, Derong County has an area of 2916 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 9 townships, including 127villages, 3 communities and 251natural villages. By the end of 2017, Derong County has a total population of 25859.
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