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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.

Weinan, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Province, is located in the eastern part of Guanzhong Plain and eastern Shaanxi Province. The topography takes the Weihe River as the axis, forming five geomorphological types of the north and south mountains, the two tableland and the central Pingchuan, which belongs to the warm temperate semi-humid semi-arid monsoon climate. The city has a total area of 13030 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 2 districts, 2 county-level cities and 7 counties. In 2017, the permanent population is 5.3829 million. The Yellow River in the south and east of Weinan is adjacent to Yuncheng of Shanxi and Sanmenxia of Henan, Xi'an and Xianyang to the west, Qinling to the south and Shangluo to the south, and Qiaoshan to the north to Yan'an and Tongchuan. It is 60 kilometers away from the ancient city of Xi'an and 80 kilometers away from Xianyang International Airport. Two high-speed railways from Zhengxi and Daxi meet at this station. Six railways, including Longhai and Southwest, are vertical and horizontal with three expressways, including Lianhuo, Jingkun, and nine national highways and provincial highways.
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