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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.

Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, the only autonomous prefecture in Jilin Province, is the capital of Yanji City. Located in the border between China and North Korea in the east of Jilin Province in northeast China, the whole terrain is high in the west and low in the east, tilting from the southwest, northwest and northeast to the southeast, located in the mid-temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere, belonging to the mid-temperate humid monsoon climate. The state has a total area of 43300 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 6 cities and 2 counties with a population of 2.1014 million in 2017. Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture has 11 ports to North Korea and Russia, and the port cargo volume accounts for more than 90% of Jilin Province; there is an international airport with direct flights to first-tier cities in the north, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and countries around the Sea of Japan. The Tumen River is the only waterway for China's inland to enter the Sea of Japan. Yanbian is China's only Korean autonomous prefecture and the largest Korean-inhabited area, accounting for 42. 5% of China's Korean population.
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