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.
Xishui County, a county under the jurisdiction of Huanggang City, Hubei Province, China, is an important part of Wuhan city circle. The total area is 1949.3 square kilometers, with a population of 1.08 million in 2016. Xishui County was formerly known as Qishui County. In order to avoid being confused with the name of Qichun County, the Republic of China was changed to Xishui County in 22 years (1933). Xishui County is located in the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains, eastern Hubei, the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Xishui County is located in the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains, eastern Hubei, the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, belonging to Huanggang City. Located in the Yangtze River open development zones of Jiujiang, Huangshi and Wuhan, the Yangtze River waterway, Liujie Highway and Hu-Rong Expressway are in parallel transit; the Huangshi Yangtze River Bridge spans the Xishui River and scattered flowers; and the Beijing-Kowloon Railway runs across the territory and has two passenger and cargo stations, forming a network of railways, highways and waterways extending in all directions. There are 15 counties under the jurisdiction of Xishui county