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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.

Menyuan Hui Autonomous County is located in the northeast of Qinghai Province, under the jurisdiction of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in the east of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and adjacent to Gansu Province in the east and north. It is 150 kilometers away from the provincial capital Xining and 250 kilometers away from Haiyan County, the capital of Haibei Prefecture. The total area is 6896 square kilometers. Menyuan County was established in 1929, Menyuan Hui Autonomous region was established in 1953, and changed to Menyuan Hui Autonomous County in 1955. In 2013, the GDP of Menyuan Hui Autonomous County reached 292 million yuan. Hui is the main ethnic group, accounting for about 40% of the total population, as well as Han, Tibetan, Turkish, Mongolian, Salar and other ethnic groups. The total population is 155800 (2013). The original name of Menyuan County was "Xianyuan" (Xi, m é n). Because the writing of the word "Qing" was too complicated, it was unified and simplified.
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