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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.

Jinchang, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province, is high in the south and low in the north, with mountains crisscross with flat rivers and Gobi oases, with a continental temperate arid climate, sufficient light and dry climate; it has jurisdiction over Jinchuan District and Yongchang County, with a total area of 9593 square kilometers; and the resident population is 469200 in 2017. Jinchang, located in the middle of Hexi Corridor, is an important node city of ancient Silk Road and one of the major cities of Hexi Corridor. Since ancient times, its natural conditions have been relatively harsh. Jinchang is one of the 110 key water-deficient cities and 13 resource-based water-deficient cities in China. It is also an area with fragile natural ecological environment in western China. Jinchang edge mining enterprise, because of the establishment of the city, because of the rich nickel is known as "the nickel capital of the motherland". In 2011, he won the title of "National Health City". In January 2014, the Ministry of Urban and Rural Construction ordered it.
Travel Notes In Jinchang