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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.

Linxia County, which belongs to Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, is located in the central part of Gansu Province, southwest of Linxia Prefecture, bordering Linxia City, Dongxiang County and Hezheng County in the east, Gannan Cooperative City and Xiahe County in the south, Xunhua County in Qinghai Province in the west, Jishishan County in the northwest, and Yongjing County in the north across the river. The county is 53.1km wide from east to west and 59.85km from north to south, with a total area of 1212.4 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 6 towns, 19 townships and 2 ethnic townships, with a total of 219 administrative villages, 2101 villagers' groups, 2 neighborhood committees and 11 resident groups. The total population of the county is 386900 (2011), including Han nationality, Hui nationality, Dongxiang nationality,
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