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Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km2) into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According to a 2022 United States census estimate, Fort Worth's population was 958,692. Fort Worth is the second-largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, which is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States.

The city of Fort Worth was established in 1849 as an army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River. Fort Worth has historically been a center of the Texas Longhorn cattle trade. It still embraces its Western heritage and traditional architecture and design. USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) is the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city. Nearby Dallas has held a population majority as long as records have been kept, yet Fort Worth has become one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century, nearly doubling its population since 2000.

Fort Worth is the location of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and several museums designed by contemporary architects. The Kimbell Art Museum was designed by Louis Kahn, with an addition designed by Renzo Piano. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth was designed by Tadao Ando. The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, designed by Philip Johnson, houses American art. The Sid Richardson Museum, redesigned by David M. Schwarz, has a collection of Western art in the U.S., emphasizing Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History was designed by Ricardo Legorreta of Mexico.

Fort Worth is the location of several university communities: Texas Christian University, Texas Wesleyan, University of North Texas Health Science Center, and Texas A&M University School of Law. Several multinational corporations, including Bell Textron, American Airlines, BNSF Railway, and Chip 1 Exchange are headquartered in Fort Worth.

Lanzhou, referred to as "Lanzhou" or "Gao", or Jincheng in ancient times, is the capital of Gansu Province, an important industrial base and comprehensive transportation hub in northwest China approved by the State Council, one of the important central cities in the western region, and an important node city of the Silk Road Economic Belt. By 2018, the city had jurisdiction over five districts and three counties, with a total area of 13100 square kilometers, a built-up area of 321.75 square kilometers, a resident population of 3.7536 million, an urban population of 3.0415 million, and a urbanization rate of 81.03%. Lanzhou is located in northwest China and the central part of Gansu Province. It is located in the geometric center of the land territory of the Chinese mainland. It is a comprehensive transportation hub of railways, highways and aviation in Northwest China. It is also the headquarters of the army organs in the western theater of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. It is also the new Eurasian continental bridge.
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