• Bakersfield
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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.

Kangle County, which belongs to Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, is located in the transition zone from Loess Plateau to Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with a total area of 1083 square kilometers, with an average elevation of 2000 meters and a total area of 1083 square kilometers. It is bordered by Lintao County and Weiyuan County in Dingxi City in the east, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture and Zheng County in the west, Lintan County and Zhuoni County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the south, and Guanghe County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in the north. Kangle County has Lianhuashan National Forest Park, Yao Shuixia Forest Park, Bamboo ditch, Peony Valley, West Honeycomb Temple, Line House and other scenic spots. According to the official website in July 2019, Kangle County has a total population of 277700, including Hui, Han, Dongxiang, Baoan, Salar, Tu, Tibetan, Mongolian and Kazakh nationalities.
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