El Paso (/ɛl ˈpæsoʊ/; Spanish: [el ˈpaso] "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the sixth-largest city in Texas, and the second-largest city in the Southwestern United States behind Phoenix, Arizona. The city is also the second-largest majority-Hispanic city in the U.S., with 81% of its population being Hispanic. Its metropolitan statistical area covers all of El Paso and Hudspeth counties in Texas, and had a population of 868,859 in 2020. El Paso has consistently been ranked as one of the safest large cities in America.
El Paso stands on the Rio Grande across the Mexico–United States border from Ciudad Juárez, the most-populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua with over 1.5 million people. The Las Cruces area, in the neighboring U.S. state of New Mexico, has a population of 219,561. On the U.S. side, the El Paso metropolitan area forms part of the larger El Paso–Las Cruces combined statistical area, with a population of 1,088,420.
Dangshan, which belongs to Suzhou City, Anhui Province, is called Xiayi in ancient times. It is located at the northernmost end of Anhui Province, at the junction of Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong and Henan provinces and seven counties, and is connected to Xiao County of this province in the southeast. It is adjacent to Yongcheng City, Xiayi County and Yucheng County of Henan Province from south to west; it is connected with Shan County of Shandong Province in the northwest and Feng County of Jiangsu Province in the northeast. The total area is 1193 square kilometers. Dangshan has a long history and rich resources. It has been built for more than 2200 years since Xiayi County was built in Qin Dynasty. Dangshan is known as the "pear capital of the world" and is known as "the hometown of crisp pears in China". In April 2010, it was recognized by Guinness Book of Records as the largest continuous orchard production area in the world. It is "the hometown of Chinese martial arts" and "the hometown of Chinese suona". It is the hometown of Zhu Wen, the founding emperor of the later Liang Dynasty. By 2018, there were 13 towns under the jurisdiction of Dangshan County.