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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.

Wenchuan County, which belongs to Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, is located on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, northwest Sichuan Province, Juchuan Northwest Plateau and the southeast of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. It is 84 kilometers from east to west and 105 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of 4084 square kilometers. The county seat is 1236 meters above sea level. It is 146 kilometers south from the provincial capital Chengdu and 202 kilometers north from the state capital Markang. It has jurisdiction over 9 towns and 3 townships. At the end of 2016, the registered population of Wenchuan County was 97615. Wenchuan is known as "the hometown of Dayu, the home of pandas and the hometown of Qiang embroidery". It is the birthplace of Dayu, the first ancestor of China, one of the four Qiang inhabited counties in China, and the ecological experience area of Qiang culture. Around the tourism brand of "World Wenchuan, Dayu hometown, Panda Home", with Dayu culture, Tibetan and Qiang culture, three Kingdoms culture,
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