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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.

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (Linxia Prefecture for short) is one of the two major Hui Autonomous prefectures in China, which was established in November 1956. Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture is located in the southwest of central Gansu Province, the upper reaches of the Yellow River. It is bordered by Lanzhou to the north, Lintao River to the east and Dingxi City to the east, Jishi Mountain to the west and Haidong area of Qinghai Province to the west, and Taizi Mountain to the south to Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The total area is 8169 square kilometers. The resident population is 2.0441 million (2017). It has jurisdiction over 1 county-level city, 5 counties and 2 autonomous counties. In 2017, Linxia State achieved a GDP of 23.884 billion yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry was 3.889 billion yuan, the secondary industry was 4.318 billion yuan, and the tertiary industry was 15.677 billion yuan.
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