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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").

Chengduo County, which belongs to Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province, is located in the central part of Qinghai Province. It borders Qumalai County in the north and west, Shiqu County in Sichuan Province in the southeast, and Tongtian River in the southwest and Yushu County. It is 160km wide from east to west and more than 209km from north to south, with an average elevation of 4500 meters. The total land area is 15300 square kilometers and the total population is 63000 (2013). There are Wenbao, Labu, Kana, Huema, Baimaima, Ani and other ethnic minorities. There are Gazang Temple, Sehang Temple, Labu Temple, Seba Temple and other tourist attractions in Chengduo County. In 2013, the GDP of many counties reached 1.27 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1% over the same period in 2012. On May 15, 2019, the people's Government of Qinghai Province approved the withdrawal of Chengduo counties from the poverty-stricken counties.
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2021 Autumn Travel Notes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (6) - Gaduojuewo
Gaduo Juewo Sacred Mountain is known as the Four Great Sacred Mountains of Tibetan Buddhism together with Gang Rinpoche in Tibet, Meili Snow Mountain
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