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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.

Xihe County belongs to Longnan City, Gansu Province, located in the southeast of Gansu Province, the northern end of Longnan City, because of the ancient West and the state and the county name. In the Western Han Dynasty, he bought Wudu County in Luoyu (now Luoyu Town), Qiu Chi State in the two Jin dynasties, South Qinzhou in Luoyu in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and changed it into a state in the Western Wei Dynasty. After many changes, Minzhou was changed to Xihe Prefecture in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Xihe Prefecture became a county in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. Xihe County has jurisdiction over 16 towns and 4 townships, covering an area of 1861 square kilometers and a total population of 437633 (2015). Xihe County is located in the south of the West Qinling Mountains and the upper reaches of the Jialing River system in the Yangtze River Basin. It is a warm temperate semi-humid climate with four distinct seasons. Xihe County is known as the "precious rehabilitation zone". The natural resources are mainly represented by antimony ore, lead-zinc ore and Pinellia ternata and Zanthoxylum bungeanum.
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