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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.

Yongsheng County is one of the counties under the jurisdiction of Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. The county is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, in the middle of Lijiang City, Yongbei Town. As of 2008, Yongsheng County has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 10 townships (including 7 ethnic townships). Yongsheng County has a total population of 392024 in 2010 and a local GDP of 4.48 billion yuan in 2012. Yongsheng is rich in products, known as "northwest Yunnan granary", "land of fish and rice". Rice, sugarcane, flue-cured tobacco and peanut are the main crops. Yongsheng Chenghai is famous for being rich in natural algae protein. Chenghai spirulina is listed as the key project of Yunnan Provincial Government's "18 Biological Development Project". The tourist attractions in Yongsheng County are Chenghai, Lingyuanqing, Yangping Reservoir, Mao ancestral Hall, Lijiang Biantun Museum, Sanchuan Tulin and Hongshiya ancient earthquake sites.
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