• 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.

Menghai County, located in the southwest of Yunnan Province and the west of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, is located between 99 °56 °E and 100 °41'E and 21 °28 °M ü r 22 °28'N. It is bordered by Jinghong City to the east, Simao City to the northeast, Lancang County to the northwest and Myanmar to the west and south. The border is 146.6 kilometers long. The east-west horizontal distance is 77 km, the north-south vertical distance is 115km, with a total area of 5511 square kilometers, of which mountain area accounts for 93.45%, dam area accounts for 6.55%, the highest elevation is 2429 meters, and the lowest elevation is 535m. With a total population of 331850 (2010), the government is stationed in Menghai Town. Menghai County is the hometown of the world-famous "Pu'er tea" and the earliest place of tea production in China. It has the wild "tea tree king" of 1700 years ago.
Travel Notes In Menghai County