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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.

Suzhou, referred to as "Su" in ancient times, is an important part of the prefecture-level cities under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province and the Yangtze River urban agglomeration. Approved by the State Council, it is one of the national historical and cultural cities and scenic tourism cities, the national high-tech industrial base and one of the important central cities in the Yangtze River Delta. By 2018, the city had jurisdiction over five districts and four county-level cities in escrow, with a total area of 8488.42 square kilometers, a built-up area of 461.65 square kilometers, a resident population of 10.7217 million, and an urban population of 8.1539 million, with a urbanization rate of 76.05%. Suzhou is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province and the middle of the Yangtze River Delta, facing Shanghai to the east, Jiaxing to the south, Taihu Lake to the west and the Yangtze River to the north, longitude 119 °55 to the east, 121 °20 to the north, latitude 3.
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