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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").

Guiping City, alias Xunzhou, is located in the southeast of Guangxi, where Qianjiang, Yujiang and Xunjiang meet. Guiping County was founded in the first year of Liang Tianjian in the Southern Dynasty (502). From Nanliang to the late Qing Dynasty, Guiping County has been the seat of Xunzhou county, state, road and government. In May 1994, counties were withdrawn and cities were established. In October 1996, Guiping City was transferred to Guigang City. Guiping is an important agricultural town, with an area of 1.017 million mu of arable land, including 770000 mu of paddy field, which is the most populous county in Guangxi. It is the largest grain production base, inland river ship production base, leisure clothing production base, yellow sand shark culture base and yuba export base in Guangxi. It is one of the top 100 counties in western China, an advanced county in national grain production, a national model city with double support, one of the top ten counties in Guangxi for scientific development, and an advanced county in attracting investment and investment in Guangxi.
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