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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.

Weinan, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Province, is located in the eastern part of Guanzhong Plain and eastern Shaanxi Province. The topography takes the Weihe River as the axis, forming five geomorphological types of the north and south mountains, the two tableland and the central Pingchuan, which belongs to the warm temperate semi-humid semi-arid monsoon climate. The city has a total area of 13030 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 2 districts, 2 county-level cities and 7 counties. In 2017, the permanent population is 5.3829 million. The Yellow River in the south and east of Weinan is adjacent to Yuncheng of Shanxi and Sanmenxia of Henan, Xi'an and Xianyang to the west, Qinling to the south and Shangluo to the south, and Qiaoshan to the north to Yan'an and Tongchuan. It is 60 kilometers away from the ancient city of Xi'an and 80 kilometers away from Xianyang International Airport. Two high-speed railways from Zhengxi and Daxi meet at this station. Six railways, including Longhai and Southwest, are vertical and horizontal with three expressways, including Lianhuo, Jingkun, and nine national highways and provincial highways.
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