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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.

Zezhou County, which belongs to Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, was originally a suburb of Jincheng City, but it was changed to its present name in 1996. Located in the southeastern tip of Shanxi Province, the southernmost part of Taihang Mountain, the intersection of Shanxi and Henan provinces, since ancient times is the key point of Sanjintong to the Central Plains, known as "Hedong Pinghan, southern Hebei Xiong Town". Zezhou County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, surrounds the urban area of Jincheng City, adjacent to Gaoping City, Jincheng City in the north, Lingchuan County, Jincheng City in the east, Yangcheng and Qinshui County in Jincheng City in the west, and Jiyuan and Jiaozuo in Henan Province in the south. It is 62.75km wide from east to west and 58.85km from north to south, with a total area of 2023 square kilometers and an area of 725000 mu of cultivated land, accounting for about 1.2 per cent of the total area of Shanxi. It has jurisdiction over 14 towns, 3 townships, 633 administrative villages, 140000 households and 526000 people (2008), of which the agricultural population is 45.
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