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Fresno (/ˈfrɛznoʊ/) is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about 115 square miles (300 km2) and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, making it the fifth-most populous city in California, the most populous inland city in California, and the 34th-most populous city in the nation. The Metro population of Fresno is 1,008,654 as of 2022.

Named for the abundant ash trees lining the San Joaquin River, Fresno was founded in 1872 as a railway station of the Central Pacific Railroad before it was incorporated in 1885. It has since become an economic hub of Fresno County and the San Joaquin Valley, with much of the surrounding areas in the Metropolitan Fresno region predominantly tied to large-scale agricultural production. Fresno is near the geographic center of California, approximately 220 miles (350 km) north of Los Angeles, 170 miles (270 km) south of the state capital, Sacramento, and 185 miles (300 km) southeast of San Francisco. Yosemite National Park is about 60 miles (100 km) to the north, Kings Canyon National Park 60 miles (100 km) to the east, and Sequoia National Park 75 miles (120 km) to the southeast.

Fresno is also the third-largest majority-Hispanic city in the United States; 50.5% of its population was Hispanic in 2020. Since 2010, statewide droughts in California have further strained both Fresno's and the entire Central Valley's water security.

Ludian County is one of the counties under the jurisdiction of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, located in the northeast of Yunnan Province, the south of Zhaotong City, the north bank of Niulan River. The east-west horizontal distance of the county is 50 kilometers, the north-south vertical distance is 60 kilometers, and the total area is 1519 square kilometers, of which the mountain area accounts for 87.9 percent of the total area and the dam area accounts for 12.1 percent. As of 2013, Ludian County has jurisdiction over 10 towns, 2 townships (including 2 ethnic townships), a total of 4 neighborhood committees and 80 administrative villages. The county government is in Wenping town. The vertical climate change in Ludian County is obvious, with no extreme heat in summer and no severe cold in winter. The average annual temperature is 12.1 ℃, the annual frost-free period is 220 days, and the average annual precipitation is 900mm. There are silver, lead, copper, sulfur, coal, phosphorus and other mineral deposits, Lemachang silver mine in the territory. Ludian County is the main producing county of wax insects in China, and the main producing county of walnut and high quality flue-cured tobacco in Yunnan Province.
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