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.
Jianchang County, which belongs to Huludao City, Liaoning Province, is located in the northwest of Huludao City. It is bordered by Lianshan District and Xingcheng City in the east, Suizhong County in the south, Lingyuan City in the northwest, Azure Dragon Manchu Autonomous County and Haigang District in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province in the southwest, and Kazuo and Chaoyang counties in the north. Jianchang County has a total land area of 3181 square kilometers. Cultivated land is 890000 mu. The population of Jianchang County is 650000 (2011). There are Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui, Korean and other ethnic groups. Jianchang County is located in the hilly and mountainous areas of western Liaoning, where the Yanshan Mountains extend. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The Songling Mountains run northeast and southwest, running through the county. Daqingshan, the highest peak, is 1223 meters above sea level and is famous for its roofs in western Liaoning. There are more than 40 rivers that originate and flow through the county, and the main rivers are Daling River, Liugu River, Qinglong River and Heishui River. Within the territory, there are large,