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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.

Shiqu County, which belongs to Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, is located in the junction of Sichuan, Qinghai and Tibet provinces on the southeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Shiqu County is one of the most remote and inconvenient counties in Sichuan Province. Shiqu starts from the southern foot of Bayan Kara Mountain in the north, reaches the Mora Mountain Section of the Saluli Mountains in the south, borders Yushu Prefecture in Qinghai in the northwest, Jiangda County in Tibet in the southwest, and Seda County and Dege County in the southeast. It is 696 kilometers away from Kangding and 1070 kilometers away from Chengdu, with an average elevation of 4520 meters above sea level. By the end of 2018, Shiqu County had an area of 25191 square kilometers and had jurisdiction over 4 working committees, 7 towns, 15 townships, 1 state-owned pastures, 170 villages and 4 neighborhood committees, with a total resident population of 101294 at the end of 2017. In 2018, the regional GDP reached 992 million yuan, an increase of 6% over the same period last year.
Travel Guides In Shiqu County
Travel Notes In Shiqu County
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Travel Asks In Shiqu County