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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.

Xiahe County is a county under the jurisdiction of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province, named after the Daxia River. Xiahe County is located in the northwest of Gannan Prefecture, adjacent to Cooperative City and Luqu County in the east and south, Linxia State and Xunhua County and Tongren County in Qinghai to the north, and Zeku County in Qinghai to the west. By 2016, the resident population of Xiahe County was 89500, of which the urban population was 19596. As of 2018, Xiahe County has jurisdiction over 8 towns, 5 townships and 3 township-level units, and the county government is stationed in Labrang Town. In 2017, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Xiahe County reached 1.558 billion yuan, down 3.6 percent from 2016. Of this total, the completed added value of the primary industry was 514 million yuan, up 6.0% over the same period last year; the completed added value of the secondary industry was 122 million yuan, down 10% from the same period last year; and the tertiary industry completed an increase.
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