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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").

Baihe County Qin Wei County, belonging to Hanzhong County; renamed Fengli County in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, belonging to Xiyu County; abolished in Song Dynasty; Baihe Castle was built in Xunyang in the eighth year of Chenghua (1472); Baihe County was set up in the 12th year of Chenghua (1476), named after Baishi River in the territory. Baihe County is located in the eastern part of Bashan, Ankang City, Shaanxi Province. It faces the Han River in the north, Yunxi County in Hubei Province across the river, Yunxian County in Hubei Province in the east and Zhushan County in the south, and Xunyang County in the west. The terrain is high in the south and low in the north, the mountains and ditches of the whole county alternate, the Han River crosses from the north of the county from west to east, and the Lengshui River and Baishi River flow into the Han River from the southwest to the northeast of the county. The administrative region is divided into 12 towns and 128 administrative villages (communities). The length from east to west is 53.3 km (map distance), the width from north to south is 41.5 km, and the total area is 14.
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