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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.

Tongguan County, which belongs to Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, is located at the eastern end of Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi Province. It is bordered by Lingbao City, Henan Province in the east, Huayin City in the west, Luonan County in the south, Dali County in the northwest, and Ruicheng County in Shanxi Province across the Yellow River in the north. It is between longitude 110o 090032 "- 110o 25027" east and latitude 34o 230033 "- 34o 390001" north, with a total area of 526 square kilometers. In 2018, Tongguan County had a resident population of 154200, with a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 4.035 billion yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry was 484 million yuan, the secondary industry was 1.446 billion yuan, the tertiary industry was 2.104 billion yuan, and the primary, secondary and tertiary industries accounted for 12.0% and 35.8% of the GDP, respectively.
Travel Notes In Tongguan County