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Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968. Consolidation gave Jacksonville its great size and placed most of its metropolitan population within the city limits. As of 2020, Jacksonville's population is 949,611, making it the 12th most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in the Southeast, and the most populous city in the South outside of the state of Texas. With a population of 1,733,937, the Jacksonville metropolitan area ranks as Florida's fourth-largest metropolitan region.

Jacksonville straddles the St. Johns River in the First Coast region of northeastern Florida, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) south of the Georgia state line (25 mi or 40 km to the urban core/downtown) and 350 miles (560 km) north of Miami. The Jacksonville Beaches communities are along the adjacent Atlantic coast. The area was originally inhabited by the Timucua people, and in 1564 was the site of the French colony of Fort Caroline, one of the earliest European settlements in what is now the continental United States. Under British rule, a settlement grew at the narrow point in the river where cattle crossed, known as Wacca Pilatka to the Seminole and the Cow Ford to the British. A platted town was established there in 1822, a year after the United States gained Florida from Spain; it was named after Andrew Jackson, the first military governor of the Florida Territory and seventh President of the United States.

Harbor improvements since the late 19th century have made Jacksonville a major military and civilian deep-water port. Its riverine location facilitates Naval Station Mayport, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, the U.S. Marine Corps Blount Island Command, and the Port of Jacksonville, Florida's third largest seaport. Jacksonville's military bases and the nearby Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay form the third largest military presence in the United States. Significant factors in the local economy include services such as banking, insurance, healthcare and logistics. As with much of Florida, tourism is important to the Jacksonville area, particularly tourism related to golf. People from Jacksonville are sometimes called "Jacksonvillians" or "Jaxsons" (also spelled "Jaxons").

Alar, a county-level city directly under the jurisdiction of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, implements the integrated management system with the first Division of the Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, which is managed by the Xinjiang production and Construction Corps. It extends from the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain to the north of Taklimakan Desert in the south, Shaya County in the east, Keping County in the west, Aksu River, Tarim River, Tellan River and Duolang River in the north, and Xinhe County in the northeast. The distance between east and west is 281 km and that between north and south is 180 km. Bordering with Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, and close to Pakistan and India, it has rich border ports and border trade resources. Alar means "converge, converge" in Mongolian. The geographical coordinates are 80 °30'E to 81 °58 °E and 40 °22'to 40 °57'N. In 2016, Alar was killed
Travel Notes In Alaer
Great America Xinjiang (Hotian-Alar-Aksu-Kuqa)
Hotan has had three treasures since ancient times, and these three treasures are Hetian jade, carpets and Adelaise silk. Hotan is worthy of its name a
Cross the Tianshan Mountains, let your heart fly, magnificent travel, beautiful Xinjiang! (Four)
After walking the Duku Highway yesterday, it was almost dark when we arrived in Kuqa. The three of us decided not to live in tents, but to find a hote
Traveling Around the World (1424) Revisiting Southern Xinjiang No. 19: Escape in Three Days and Two Nights
On October 24, 2020, after visiting the Populus euphratica Scenic Spot in Zepu County, we had lunch at this restaurant in Zepu County. After a full me
Crossing the desert road from Alar to Hotan
In April 2017, I searched for historical sites in Xinjiang, crossed the desert road from Alar to Hetian, departed from Aksu in the morning, crossed Al