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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.

Shawan District, which belongs to Leshan City, Sichuan Province, is located in the lower reaches of the Dadu River, the transitional zone between Daxiaoliangshan and Sichuan Basin, between latitude 29 °11 "18" ~ 29 °31 "30" north, longitude 103 °25 °13 "~ 103 °44 °10" east, central district of Leshan City in the north, Muchuan County and Ebian Yi Autonomous County in the south, Wutongqiao District and Jianwei County in the east, and Emeishan City in the west. It covers an area of 610.89 square kilometers and has a registered population of 182300. Under the jurisdiction of 8 towns, 5 townships, 1 street, 127 villages and 21 communities, the district government is located at 95 Desheng Avenue, Shawan Town. Shawan District was called "Nanling" in ancient times, because the Southern Song Dynasty poet Fan Chengda commented that "Nanling" is located in "Lingshan Xiushui, Shaan Bay Ring". In the first year of Tianbao (AD 742), Tongshan Town was set up in Tongjiezi.
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