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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").

Haiyuan County, which belongs to Zhongwei City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, is located in the central and southern part of Ningxia Hui Autonomous region. It is located in the arid zone of central Ningxia, between 105 °09 east longitude 106 °10 'and 36 °06 north latitude 37 °04'. It is connected with Yuanzhou District of Guyuan City in the east, Xiji County in the south, Jingyuan County and Huining County in Gansu Province in the west, Shapotou District and Tongxin County in Zhongwei City to the north. It is 95 kilometers from north to south and 80 kilometers from east to west, with a total area of 6899 square kilometers. The total population is 456600 (household registration in 2016), and the government is stationed in Haicheng town. Haiyuan County is a large agricultural population county integrating arid mountainous areas, old revolutionary base areas and Hui inhabited areas, and it is also a key county in the national poverty alleviation work. In 2016, Haiyuan County achieved a GDP of 4.893 billion yuan. 2008
Travel Notes In Haiyuan County
The Long March of Three Generations——Take the Long March Again
The Long March of Three Generations From July 27th to August 25th, 2020, my daughter, old father, and nephew and I set off from Shenzhen. It took 30