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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.

Tongde County is located in the southeast of Qinghai Province, at the junction of Hainan, Huangnan and Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and belongs to the people's Government of Hainan Prefecture. The Xijiu Highway, the provincial highway, runs through the whole territory from north to south, and the Yellow River surrounds the county in a half-ring from east to west. The county seat is located 3060 meters above sea level, 256km away from the state capital Chabqa town and 282km away from the provincial capital Xining, with a resident population of about 9000. The climate is typical plateau continental climate, the highest elevation in the county is 4671 meters, the lowest elevation is 2648 meters, the average elevation is 3660 meters, the average annual temperature is 0.4 ℃-0.6 ℃, the average annual precipitation is 440mm, and there is no absolute frost-free period. The county has a total area of 4758 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 73 administrative villages in 2 towns and 3 townships. In 2009, the total population was 61000.
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