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.
Dengkou District, which belongs to Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, is called "Lipu" in ancient times and is also known as "Xixiang". It is named for its location in the confluence of Xianshui and Xiangjiang River. Dengkou District is located in the east-central part of Hunan Province, the middle reaches of the Xiangjiang River, the territory of Huanshui to the east, Xiangjiang River to the north, Liling City and Youxian to the east, Hengdong County to the south, Xiangtan County to the west, Pilusong District and Tianyuan District to the north. Dengkou, with its superior location, has been the gateway to eastern Hunan since ancient times, is the throat of the Central Plains leading to the coast of Guangdong, and enjoys the reputation of "Pearl of Eastern Hunan". Located on the southern edge of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration, it is an important part of Zhuzhou's "one core, one circle, one corridor" development plan. As of February 2018, Dengkou District has jurisdiction over 8 towns, 129 villages and 10 communities, with a total area of 1053.6 square kilometers. It belongs to the experimental area of "two-oriented society" construction, of which 275 square meters.