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Charlotte (/ˈʃɑːrlət/ SHAR-lət) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populous city in the U.S., the seventh most populous city in the South, and the second most populous city in the Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida. The city is the cultural, economic, and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area, whose 2020 population of 2,660,329 ranked 22nd in the U.S. Metrolina is part of a sixteen-county market region or combined statistical area with a 2020 census-estimated population of 2,846,550.

Between 2004 and 2014, Charlotte was ranked as the country's fastest-growing metro area, with 888,000 new residents. Based on U.S. Census data from 2005 to 2015, Charlotte tops the U.S. in millennial population growth. It is the third-fastest-growing major city in the United States. Residents are referred to as "Charlotteans".

Charlotte is home to the corporate headquarters of Bank of America, Truist Financial, and the east coast headquarters of Wells Fargo, which along with other financial institutions has made it the second-largest banking center in the United States. As of 2020, Charlotte was considered as a Gamma + level global city by the GaWC.

Ganquan County belongs to the hilly and gully zone of the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi Province, which is located in the middle of Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, with a semi-humid inland monsoon climate. The total area is 2284.7 square kilometers, the total area of cultivated land in the county is 609000 mu, and the forest and grass coverage rate is 78.4%, of which the forest coverage rate is 50.5%. Ganquan gets its name because of the spring water in the foothills of Shenlin, 5 kilometers southwest of the city, which is known as "the hometown of beautiful water". There is a history of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin home Diaoyin County, Northern Wei early home Linzhen County, Tang Wude first year home Fulu County, Tianbao first year changed to Ganquan County. Places of interest include the site of Qin Zhidao, the "Meishui Spring" given by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the White Deer Temple built in the Tang Dynasty, the Millennium Ginkgo Tree, the ancient tombs of the Song Dynasty, and so on. In March 2019, it was listed as the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization district and county list.
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