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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.

Muchuan County, under the jurisdiction of Leshan City, Sichuan Province, is located in the southwest of Sichuan Basin, the triangle between Minjiang River, Dadu River and Jinsha River in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It is bordered by Yibin in the east, Pingshan County in the south, Shawan District and Jianwei County in the north, Ebian County in the west and Mabian County in the southwest. It covers an area of 1408 square kilometers with a population of 260000. The territory has fresh air, beautiful scenery, rich products and simple folk customs, with a forest coverage rate of 77.34%, known as "natural oxygen bar" and "green pearl". It is the pilot county of the national ecological civilization demonstration project, the national ecological demonstration area, the national key ecological functional area, the hometown of bamboo in China, the national greening model county, the national forestry science and technology demonstration county, and the best green eco-tourism county in China. On July 31, 2018, the Sichuan Provincial Government approved Muchuan County to withdraw from poverty.
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