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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.

Ningxian County, which belongs to Qingyang City, Gansu Province, is located in the eastern part of Gansu Province, between longitude 107o41'to 108o34cm east, latitude 35o15' to 35o52' north, Ziwuling in the east, Jinghe and Shaanxi Province in the south, Heshui County in the northwest, Xifeng District and Zhengning County in the southeast, and the Malian River passing through the county from north to south. It is the main river of Ningxian County, with a total area of 2633 square kilometers. As of 2014, Ningxian County has jurisdiction over 14 towns, 4 townships, 257 administrative villages and 13 communities, with a total population of 556100. In 2012, the county achieved a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 4.714 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.0% in terms of comparable prices. Ningxian County has Xiangle Song Pagoda, Puzhao Temple Zhenyuan Bell, Ta'erzhuang five dynasties Pagoda, Wang Xiaoxi Martyrs Memorial Hall and so on.
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