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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.

Pingxiang, a city under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Province (prefectural level), an important member of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, is located in the west of Jiangxi Province, bordering Yichun City in the east, Ji'an City in the south, Zhuzhou City in Hunan Province in the west and Liuyang City in Hunan Province in the north. The landform is more complex and belongs to the subtropical humid monsoon climate zone with four distinct seasons; it has jurisdiction over 3 counties and 2 districts with a total area of 3823.99 square kilometers and has a resident population of 1.9332 million at the end of 2018. In 2018, Pingxiang achieved a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 100.905 billion yuan, an increase of 8.7% over the previous year. Pingxiang is the "west gate" of Jiangxi, which is in the central position in the economic development pattern of western Jiangxi. It is known as "the thoroughfare of Hunan and Jiangxi" and "the throat of Wu and Chu". Pingxiang is located in the radiation core area of the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan economic circle and accepts the Pan-Pearl River Delta.
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