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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.

Siping, a prefecture-level city in Jilin Province, is located in the central hinterland of Songliao Plain and at the junction of Liao, Jilin and Mongolia provinces. Siping is an important transportation hub and logistics node city in Northeast China, which leads to the Yangtze River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei in the eastern part of Jilin, Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia. Siping has an area of 14323 square kilometers and a population of 3.204 million, including an urban area of 1100 square kilometers and a population of 625000. Siping has jurisdiction over Tiedong District, Tiexi District, Gongzhuling City, Shuangliao City, Lishu County and Yitong County. Siping has a long history, and the site of the ancient city of Yan on the bank of Erlong Lake, 50 kilometers away from the urban area, is the witness of the Han nationality's earliest development of Northeast China. History has left cultural monuments such as Hanzhou in Liao Dynasty, Xinzhou in Jin Dynasty and Yehe Tribe in Ming Dynasty. Daqingshan Village cultural sites, Yehe ancient city ruins, Liao and Jin dynasties
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