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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.

Lintao County, known as Didao in ancient times, belongs to Dingxi City, Gansu Province, and gets its name because of the Tao River in the territory. Lintao County is located in the middle of Gansu Province and the west of Dingxi City. It is located in the confluence zone of the Loess Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Tao River, the largest tributary in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, passes through the city. As of October 2018, the county has a total area of 2851 square kilometers and a total population of 552900. There are 21 ethnic groups, including Han, Hui and Dongxiang, under the jurisdiction of 12 towns and 6 townships, with the county government stationed in Taoyang Town. Lintao has been a famous city in the northwest and an important town in Longyou since ancient times. it is located on the main road of the ancient Silk Road and is one of the important birthplaces of the ancient culture of the Yellow River. Since the establishment of Didao County in the 18th year of King Zhou'an (384 BC) and the establishment of Longxi County in the 27th year of King Zhao of Qin Dynasty (280 BC), it has been a county, state, state, government and county government.
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