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Boston (US: /ˈbɔːstən/), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th-most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about 48.4 sq mi (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States.

Boston is one of the oldest municipalities in America, founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from the English town of the same name. It was the scene of several key events of the American Revolution and the nation's founding, such as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the siege of Boston. Upon American independence from Great Britain, the city continued to be an important port and manufacturing hub as well as a center for education and culture. The city has expanded beyond the original peninsula through land reclamation and municipal annexation. Its rich history attracts many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone drawing more than 20 million visitors per year. Boston's many firsts include the United States' first public park (Boston Common, 1634), first public or state school (Boston Latin School, 1635) first subway system (Tremont Street subway, 1897), and first large public library (Boston Public Library, 1848).

Today, Boston is a center of scientific research; the area's many colleges and universities, notably Harvard and MIT, make it a world leader in higher education, including law, medicine, engineering and business, and the city is considered to be a global pioneer in innovation and entrepreneurship, with nearly 5,000 startups. Boston's economic base also includes finance, professional and business services, biotechnology, information technology, and government activities. Boston is a hub for LGBT culture and LGBT activism in the United States. Households in the city claim the highest average rate of philanthropy in the United States. Boston businesses and institutions rank among the top in the country for environmental sustainability and new investment.

Xinghai County is located in the southwest of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province, and is located in the core area of national nature conservation of "Sanjiangyuan". The county has a total area of 12100 square kilometers, facing Guinan and Tongde across the Yellow River in the east, Gonghe County in the north, Dulan County in Hercynian Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the west, and Maduo County and Maqin County in the south. It is 248 kilometers away from Xining, the capital of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and 103 kilometers away from Qiabu, capital of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The geographical coordinates are 34 °48 degrees north, 36 degrees 14 degrees north and 99 degrees 01 degrees east, 100 degrees 59 'east. The average elevation of Xinghai County is 3924 meters (Ziketan Town, where the county government is located, is 3303 meters above sea level). Although the highest point of the Ela Mountains is 5305 meters above sea level in Genergang, the lowest point is 2590 meters above sea level at the exit of the Yellow River in Heka Town. Full
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