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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.

Mei County, which belongs to Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, is called "Mei Wu" in ancient times. It is located at the foot of Taibai Mountain, the main peak of the Qinling Mountains, and crosses the Weihe River in the north. It is between 107 °39km east longitude and 108o 00km east longitude, and 334 °19' north latitude, with a total area of 863 square kilometers. Meixian County is one of the birthplaces of Western Zhou culture. Heavy national treasures such as Western Zhou bronzes and warring States bells have been unearthed many times. 27 Western Zhou bronzes unearthed in 2003 are known as major archaeological discoveries in the 21st century. Meixian is the hometown of celebrities such as Bai Qi, a general of the pre-Qin Dynasty, a famous official of the Shu Han Dynasty in the three Kingdoms, Wang Tao, a medical scientist in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Zai, an ideologist in the Song Dynasty (because his theory was founded in Guanzhong, also known as Guanxue), and the Republic General Li Da. In 2018, Meixian County has jurisdiction over 1 street, 7 towns, 1 tourist area and 1 forest.
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